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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825894203321

Autore

Everaert Christine

Titolo

Tracing the boundaries between Hindi and Urdu : lost and added in translation between 20th century short stories / / by Christine Everaert

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2010

ISBN

1-282-78638-5

9786612786389

90-04-18223-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (318 pages)

Collana

Brill's Indological library, , 0925-2916 ; ; v. 32

Disciplina

491.4/3

Soggetti

Short stories, Hindi - History and criticism

Short stories, Urdu - History and criticism

Hindi language

Urdu language

Comparative literature - Hindi and Urdu

Comparative literature - Urdu and Hindi

Translating and interpreting

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material / C. Everaert -- Introduction / C. Everaert -- I. Practices Of Codification / C. Everaert -- II. The Authors, Their Stories And The Stylistic Differences / C. Everaert -- III. Linguistic Differences In The Short Story Corpus / C. Everaert -- IV. The Differences Reconsidered / C. Everaert -- V. Conclusions / C. Everaert -- Appendix The. Intertwined And Cleft Histories Of Hindi And Urdu / C. Everaert -- References / C. Everaert -- Index / C. Everaert.

Sommario/riassunto

This book sheds light on the complex relationship between Hindi and Urdu. Through a detailed reading of a representative set of 20th century short stories in both languages, the author leads the reader towards a clear definition of the differences between Hindi and Urdu. The full translations of the stories have been extensively annotated to point out the details in which the Hindi and Urdu versions differ. An overview of early and contemporary Hindi/Urdu and Hindustani



grammars and language teaching textbooks demonstrates the problems of correctly naming and identifying the two languages. This book now offers a detailed and systematic database of syntactic, morphological and semantic differences between the selected Hindi and Urdu stories. A useful tool for all scholars of modern Hindi/Urdu fiction, (socio-)linguistics, history or social sciences.