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Language Variation in South Asia

By William Bright

Book information

Year
1990
ISBN
0195063651, 9780195063653
LCC
PL4603 .B7 1990
Open Library ID
OL1872083M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
8 MB (8451011 bytes)
Edition
1ST
Pages
192\186
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

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 civilization. Offering a sociolinguistic approach, and encompassing both descriptive and historical studies, this collection of twelve of Bright's most important essays reflects his extensive research on the linguistics of South Asia.

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