Annual review of South Asian languages and linguistics . 2008 / / edited by Rajendra Singh

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910808623003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin, : Mouton De Gruyter, 2008
• ISBN: 1-281-99956-3; 9786611999568; 3-11-021150-5
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (334 p.)
• Collana: Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs, , 1861-4302 ; ; 209; Annual review of South Asian languages and linguistics ; ; 2008
• Classificazione: EG 6500
• Altri autori (Persone): SinghRajendra <1943->
• Disciplina: 491.1
• Soggetti: Indo-Aryan languages, Modern; Sociolinguistics - South Asia; Indo-Aryan languages; South Asia Languages
• 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.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Editorial Preface -- General Contributions -- Transparency and Arbitrariness in Natural Language: Some Empirical Issues -- Reduplication and 'echo words' in Hindi/Urdu -- No Smoke without Fire: Invisible Agent. Constructions in South Asian Languages -- A Pragmatic Account of the Hindi Presumptive -- Special Contributions: The Syntactic Typology of Dravidian: A Debate -- What's So Subversive about Dravidian? Revisiting Finiteness in Dravidian Syntax -- Dravidian Syntactic Typology: A Reply to Steever -- Regional Reports -- North America -- Linguistic Publications in Bengali (2000-2008): A Brief Review -- South Africa -- Linguistic Publications in Punjabi (2000-2008): A Brief Survey -- Reviews -- Gregory D. S. Anderson The Munda Verb: Typological Perspectives -- Josef Bayer, Tanmoy Bhattacharya, and M. T. Hany Babu (eds.) - Linguistic Theory and South Asian Languages: Essays in Honour of K. A. Jayaseelan -- Colin P. Masica (ed.) - Old and New Perspectives on South Asian Languages: Grammar and Semantics -- Ghanshyam Sharma - Il dizionario di Hindi: Dizionario Hindi-Italiano, Italiano-Hindi -- Dialogue -- Bengali ; Determiner Phrase Revisited: A Response to Dasgupta and Ghosh -- The Study of 'Indian English': What is It Good for? -- Backmatter
• Sommario/riassunto: South Asia is home to a large number of languages and dialects. Although linguists working on this region have made significant contributions to our understanding of language, society, and language in society on a global scale, there is as yet no recognized international forum for the exchange of ideas amongst linguists working on South Asia. The Annual Review of South Asian Languages and Linguistics is designed to be just that forum. It brings together empirical and theoretical research and serves as a testing ground for the articulation of new ideas and approaches which may be grounded in a study of South Asian languages but which have universal applicability. Each volume will have three major sections:I. Invited contributions consisting of state-of-the-art essays on research in South Asian languages.II. Refereed open submissions focusing on relevant issues and providing various viewpoints.III. Reports from around the world, book reviews and abstracts of doctoral theses.