1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910450834003321

Autore

Bright William <1928-2006.>

Titolo

Language variation in South Asia [[electronic resource] /] / William Bright

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1990

ISBN

1-280-60546-4

0-19-536249-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (186 p.)

Disciplina

494.8

494/.8

Soggetti

Dravidian languages - Variation

Diglossia (Linguistics)

Electronic books.

South Asia Languages Variation

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. 149-161) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

South Asia presents the linguist with a bewildering variety of regional dialects, social dialects, formal and informal registers, literary standards, languages, writing systems, and language families. Written over a period of more than twenty years, these essays by a leading authority on South Asian language cover a broad range of topics in South Asian linguistics. The essays address social dialect, structural borrowing, areal linguistics, the relation between literary and colloquial standards, and the role of written language in South Asian culture from the times of the ancient Indus Valley c



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996217168903316

Autore

Aalto K. R.

Titolo

Geologic Evolution of the Northernmost Coast Ranges and Western Klamath Mountains, California

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified], : American Geophysical Union, 1989

ISBN

1-118-67005-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vi, 82 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Field trip guidebook (International Geological Congress (28th : 1989 : Washington, D.C.)) ; ; T308

Disciplina

557.94

Soggetti

Geology - California

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Field guide to the Josephine ophiolite and Coeval Island Arc complex, Oregon-California -- Gregory D Harper -- Franciscan complex geology of the Crescent City area, northern California -- K R Aalto -- Paleontology of Franciscan flysch at Point Saint George, northern California -- William Miller -- The Redwood Creek schist -- a key to the deformational history of the northern California coast ranges -- S M Cashman, P H Cashman -- Neotectonic deformation in the southernmost Cascadia forearc due to northward growth of the San Andreas transform fault, northern California -- H M Kelsey -- Active convergent tectonics in northwestern California -- Gary Carver, Raymond Bud Burke.

Sommario/riassunto

Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Field Trip Guidebooks Series, Volume 308.  This guidebook describes the geology of areas we will visit in the western Klamath Mountains and Coast Ranges of northernmost California. Articles are arranged in the order of our travel, from Medford to Crescent City on highway 199, and south to Eureka on coastal highway 101. Authors summarize the regional geologic setting and results of their research and earlier studies of the areas we will visit in review papers. Thus the geologic background necessary for interpretation of field stops is provided without the need of additional papers.