Essays about: "areal-typology"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the word areal-typology.

  1. 1. Lexico-Semantic Areality in the Greater Hindu Kush : An Areal-Typological Study on Numerals and Kinship Terms

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik

    Author : Jacqueline Venetz; [2019]
    Keywords : Greater Hindu Kush; areal typology; lexical areality; numerals; kinship terms; Indo-Aryan; Iranian; Nuristani; Turkic; Tibeto-Burman; Burushaski;

    Abstract : The Greater Hindu Kush designates a mountainous area extending from Afghanistan over Pakistan, Tajikistan and India to the westernmost parts of China. It is home to over 50 lan- guages from six different phyla; Indo-Aryan, Iranian, Nuristani, Turkic, Tibeto-Burman and the language isolate Burushaski. READ MORE

  3. 2. Polarity-reversing Affrimative Particles : A Feature of Standard Average European (SAE)

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskap

    Author : Elena Vera Moser; [2019]
    Keywords : polarity-reversing affirmative particle; linguistic area; European languages; polartitetspartikel; lingvistik område; europeiska språk; jo;

    Abstract : Polarity-reversing affirmative particles are a phenomenon that has largely been overlooked in previous research. A polarity-reversing affirmative particle is used to express disagreement with the polarity of a preceding negative statement. It is a typical answer strategy in Swedish, German, Dutch as well as in French. READ MORE

  4. 3. Grammatical gender in Hindukush languages : An areal-typological study

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik

    Author : Julia Lautin; [2016]
    Keywords : Grammatical gender; areal-typology; Hindukush; animacy; nominal categories; Grammatiskt genus; arealtypologi; Hindukush; animacitet; nominala kategorier;

    Abstract : In the mountainous area of the Greater Hindukush in northern Pakistan, north-western Afghanistan and Kashmir, some fifty languages from six different genera are spoken. The languages are at the same time innovative and archaic, and are of great interest for areal-typological research. READ MORE

  5. 4. Demonstrative contrasts in Hindukush Indo-Aryan

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik

    Author : Noa Lange; [2016]
    Keywords : Demonstrative; Hindukush Indo-Aryan; invisible; areal typology; The Greater Hindukush; Demonstrativor; Hindukush-indoariska; osynlig; arealtypologi; The Greater Hindukush;

    Abstract : Hindukush Indo-Aryan (HKIA) is a disputed subgroup of Indo-Aryan languages spoken within a linguistically diverse area stretching from northeastern Afghanistan, across northern Pakistan to northwestern India, principally covering the mountainous region of Hindukush–Karakoram–Western Himalaya. A noteworthy feature of some of these languages is a three-way demonstrative system, or three deictic terms used by speakers to direct one another’s attention to referents at different distances in their environment. READ MORE

  6. 5. Fusion, exponence, and flexivity in Hindukush languages : An areal-typological study

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskap

    Author : Hanna Rönnqvist; [2015]
    Keywords : Hindukush; language contact; areal typology; morphological typology; Indo-Aryan; Iranian; Nuristani; Turkic; Tibeto-Burman; Burushaski;

    Abstract : Surrounding the Hindukush mountain chain is a stretch of land where as many as 50 distinct languages varieties of several language meet, in the present study referred to as “The Greater Hindukush” (GHK). In this area a large number of languages of at least six genera are spoken in a multi-linguistic setting. READ MORE