The Indo-Aryan Languages In his ambitious survey of the Indo-Aryan languages, Colin Masica has provided a fundamental introduction which will interest not only general and theoretical linguists but also students of one or more of these languages who want to acquaint themselves with the broader linguistic context. Generally synchronic in approach, concentrating on the phonology, morphology and syntax of the modern representatives of the group, the volume also covers their historical development, areal context, writing systems and aspects of sociolinguistics. The survey is organised not on a language-by-language basis but by topic, so that salient theoretical issues may be discussed in a comparative context. |
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Contents
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TABLES | 85 |
NIA descriptive phonology | 86 |
Writing systems | 133 |
daughter NIA scripts | 138 |
Verbal forms and categories | 257 |
Syntax | 331 |
Inventory of NIA languages and dialects | 420 |
Schemes of NIA subclassification | 446 |
Notes | 464 |
Bibliography | 480 |
Index of languages | 511 |
General index | 526 |
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Common terms and phrases
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Indo-Aryan Languages Cambridge Language Surveys |
| Author | Colin P. Masica |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, 1993 |
| ISBN | 0521299446, 9780521299442 |
| Length | 539 pages |
| Subjects | › › Foreign Language Study / General Foreign Language Study / Miscellaneous Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Historical & Comparative Literary Criticism / Asian / General |
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