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UNINA9910820559203321 |
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Autore |
Bright William <1928-2006, > |
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Titolo |
Language variation in South Asia / / William Bright [[electronic resource]] |
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New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-772194-X |
1-280-60546-4 |
0-19-536249-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (186 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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Oxford scholarship online |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Dravidian languages - Variation |
South Asia Languages Variation |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliography:p149-161.-Includes index. |
Previously issued in print: 1990. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-161) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; 1. Linguistic Change in Some Indian Caste Dialects; 2. Sociolinguistic Variation and Language Change with A. K. Ramanujan; 3. Dravidian Metaphony; 4. Language, Social Stratification, and Cognitive Orientation; 5. Complex Verb Forms in Colloquial Tamil with J. Lindenfeld; 6. Phonological Rules in Literary and Colloquial Kannada; 7. Hindi Numerals; 8. The Dravidian Enunciative Vowel; 9. How Not to Decipher the Indus Valley Inscriptions; 10. Archaeology, Linguistics, and Ancient Dravidian; 11. Written and Spoken Language in South Asia; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This volume contains 12 essays on the languages of South Asia, written by a leading authority on the subject. |
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