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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783871003321

Autore

Southworth Franklin C. <1929, >

Titolo

Linguistic archaeology of South Asia / / Franklin C. Southworth

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2005

ISBN

1-134-31776-X

1-134-31777-8

1-280-28129-4

9786610281299

0-203-41291-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (384 p.)

Disciplina

491/.1

Soggetti

Historical linguistics - South Asia

Indus civilization

South Asia Languages History

South Asia Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-351) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; List of figures; List of tables; Preface and acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Formulae and symbols; 1 The scope of linguistic archaeology; 2 The South Asian linguistic scene; 3 Prehistoric languages of South Asia; 4 The social context of linguistic convergence; 5 The Grierson hypothesis revisited: subgroups of Indo-Aryan; 6 Historical implications of the inner-outer hypothesis; 7 Palaeobotanical and etymological evidence for the prehistory of South Asian crop plants; 8 Some aspects of Dravidian prehistory based on vocabulary reconstruction

9 Maharashtrian place names and the question of a Dravidian substratum10 Historical linguistics and archaeology in South Asia; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book brings together linguistic and archaeological evidence of South Asian prehistory. The author depicts and analyses the region, in particular the Indus Valley civilization, its links with neighbouring regions and its implications for social history. Each type of linguistic



data is put into its socio-historical context. Consequently, the book is both a description of the unique methodology 'linguistic archaeology' and a treatment of South Asian linguistic data.