03166nam 2200685 a 450 991097185840332120251116175750.01-134-31776-X1-134-31777-81-280-28129-497866102812990-203-41291-510.4324/9780203412916 (CKB)1000000000251506(EBL)199344(OCoLC)475905693(SSID)ssj0000192650(PQKBManifestationID)11185116(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000192650(PQKBWorkID)10218022(PQKB)11087901(MiAaPQ)EBC199344(Au-PeEL)EBL199344(CaPaEBR)ebr10161896(CaONFJC)MIL28129(OCoLC)437058871(OCoLC)252753761(EXLCZ)99100000000025150620040423d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLinguistic archaeology of South Asia /Franklin C. Southworth1st ed.London ;New York RoutledgeCurzon20051 online resource (384 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-65544-7 0-415-33323-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-351) and index.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 reconstruction9 Maharashtrian place names and the question of a Dravidian substratum10 Historical linguistics and archaeology in South Asia; Bibliography; IndexThis 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.Historical linguisticsSouth AsiaIndus civilizationSouth AsiaLanguagesHistorySouth AsiaAntiquitiesHistorical linguisticsIndus civilization.491/.1Southworth Franklin C.1929-653810MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910971858403321Linguistic archaeology of South Asia4495675UNINA