The Dravidian Languages

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136911642
Total Pages : 455 pages
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Book Synopsis The Dravidian Languages by : Sanford B. Steever

Download or read book The Dravidian Languages written by Sanford B. Steever and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-04-15 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dravidian language family is the world's fourth largest with over 175 million speakers across South Asia from Pakistan to Nepal, from Bangladesh to Sri Lanka as well as having communities in Malaysia, North America and the UK. Four of the languages, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Telugu are official national languages and the Dravidian family has had a rich literary and cultural influence. This authoritative reference source provides unique descriptions of 12 of these languages, covering their historical development alongside discussions of their specialised linguistic structures and features. Each chapter combines modern linguistic theory with traditional historical linguistics and a uniform structure allows for easy typological comparison between the individual languages. Two further chapters provide general information about the language family - the introduction, which covers the history, cultural implications and linguistic background, and a separate article on Dravidian writing systems. This volume includes languages from all 4 of the Dravidian family's subgroupings: South Dravidian e.g. Tamil, Kannada; South Central Dravidian e.g. Telugu, Konda; Central Dravidian e.g. Kolami; North Dravidian e.g. Brahui, Malto. Written by a team of expert contributors, many of whom are based in Asia, each language chapter offers a detailed analysis of phonology, morphology, syntax and followed by a list of the most relevant further reading to aid the independent scholar. The Dravidian Languages will be invaluable to students and researchers within linguistics and will also be of interest to readers in the fields of comparative literature, South Asian studies and Oriental studies.

The Dravidian Languages

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139435337
Total Pages : 575 pages
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Book Synopsis The Dravidian Languages by : Bhadriraju Krishnamurti

Download or read book The Dravidian Languages written by Bhadriraju Krishnamurti and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-01-16 with total page 575 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dravidian languages are spoken by over 200 million people in South Asia and in Diaspora communities around the world, and constitute the world's fifth largest language family. It consists of about 26 languages in total including Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu, as well as over 20 non-literary languages. In this book, Bhadriraju Krishnamurti, one of the most eminent Dravidianists of our time, provides a comprehensive study of the phonological and grammatical structure of the whole Dravidian family from different aspects. He describes its history and writing systems, discusses its structure and typology, and considers its lexicon. Distant and more recent contacts between Dravidian and other language groups are also discussed. With its comprehensive coverage this book will be welcomed by all students of Dravidian languages and will be of interest to linguists in various branches of the discipline as well as Indologists.

A Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian Or South-Indian Family of Languages

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The Languages and Linguistics of South Asia

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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110423383
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Book Synopsis The Languages and Linguistics of South Asia by : Hans Henrich Hock

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Comparative Dravidian Linguistics

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Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN 13 : 9780198241225
Total Pages : 417 pages
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Book Synopsis Comparative Dravidian Linguistics by : Bhadriraju Krishnamurti

Download or read book Comparative Dravidian Linguistics written by Bhadriraju Krishnamurti and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2001 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The book contains solutions to long-standing problems in the phonology and morphology of comparative Dravidian and proposes many seminal and original ideas. In addition to critical surveys on developments in comparative phonology, morphology, the subgrouping of the languages, and on the contact and convergence between Indo-Aryan and Dravidian, there are chapters on types of sound change and phonological and morphological issues in Dravidian, as well as the methodology required to address them. Also included is the author's groundbreaking proposal for a laryngeal for Proto-Dravidian, by means of which he was able to address several grammatical and etymological problems in later linguistic developments."--BOOK JACKET.

South Asian Languages

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521861489
Total Pages : 391 pages
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Book Synopsis South Asian Languages by : Kārumūri V. Subbārāo

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The Cambridge Handbook of Linguistic Typology

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316790665
Total Pages : 1661 pages
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International Journal of Dravidian Linguistics

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Total Pages : 500 pages
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A Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian Languages

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Publisher : Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
ISBN 13 : 9783447044554
Total Pages : 344 pages
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Book Synopsis A Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian Languages by : Mikhail Sergeevich Andronov

Download or read book A Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian Languages written by Mikhail Sergeevich Andronov and published by Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. This book was released on 2003 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Due to their crucial role one of the major tasks in modern South Asia linguistics is the research of the historical view of the Dravidian Languages. A knowledge of the Dravidian language structure in all its development stages, from their earliest beginnings to today, is necessary for understanding numerous fundamental aspects with the emergence of the indoarian, Munda and other languages of south Asia and of course for the history of the Dravidian language family itself. The Comparative Grammar forms an important part of the historical linguistics. Yet Richard Caldwell's Comparative Grammar of Dravidian or South Indian Family of Languages (London, 1856, 2/1875, 3/1913) is outdated. An up to date comparative grammar of the Dravidian languages therefore was long overdue. With the work of the renowned Russian Dravidian scientist Mikhail S. Andronov, in which the over 80 known, investigated and described languages and dialects of the Dravidian language family are taken in consideration, this gap has been closed.

Postpositions in a Dravidian Language

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Publisher : Mittal Publications
ISBN 13 : 9788170995746
Total Pages : 368 pages
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A Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian Or South-Indian Family of Languages

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Total Pages : 820 pages
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Marathi

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ISBN 13 : 1136851577
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Missionary Linguistics V / Lingüística Misionera V

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Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027270589
Total Pages : 364 pages
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Book Synopsis Missionary Linguistics V / Lingüística Misionera V by : Otto Zwartjes

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A Reference Grammar of Classical Tamil Poetry

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Publisher : American Philosophical Society
ISBN 13 : 9780871691996
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Dravidian Theories

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Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publishe
ISBN 13 : 9788120803312
Total Pages : 646 pages
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Census of India, 1961: India

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A Dravidian Etymological Dictionary

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