Language variation in south Asia /:

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...

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1. Verfasser: Bright, William, 1928-2006
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York : Oxford University Press, 1990.
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xiv, 169 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-161).
ISBN:9780195362497
0195362497

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