Essays about: "Burushaski"

Found 5 essays containing the word Burushaski.

  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. Kinship terminology in the greater Hindu Kush

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik

    Author : Jane Ogawa; [2018]
    Keywords : Kinship terms; Hindu Kush; areal semantics; lexical typology;

    Abstract : This is a study of the kinship terminology used for one’s parents and their siblings in the languages in the greater Hindu Kush area (GHK). GHK stretches over the mountainous borderlands of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, China and India and homes a range of various languages from six different genera, Indo-Aryan, Iranian, Nuristani, Turkic, Tibeto-Burman, and the language isolate Burushaski. READ MORE

  4. 3. 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

  5. 4. Case and case alignment in the Greater Hindukush : An areal-typological survey

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskap

    Author : Richard Kowalik; [2015]
    Keywords : Case; case alignment; grammatical relations; Hindukush; areal typology; Indo-Iranian; Tibeto-Burman; Burushaski; Turkic; Kasus; kasusmarkeringssystem; grammatiska relationer; Hindukush; areal typologi; indo-iranska; tibetoburmanska; burushaski; turkspråk;

    Abstract : This thesis concerns languages in the Greater Hindukush, the area in northern Afghanistan and Pakistan, where a total of about 50 languages are spoken. The thesis’ topic is case systems and case alignment systems of nouns in an areal-typological perspective. This is investigated by using a representative sample. READ MORE

  6. 5. Nominal plurality in languages of the Greater Hindukush

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskap

    Author : Noa Lange; [2015]
    Keywords : nominal plurality; areal typology; Hindukush; obligatoriness; optionality; nominal pluralitet; arealtypologi; Hindukush; markeringstvång; optionalitet;

    Abstract : The Greater Hindukush is an area that stretches from northwestern–central Afghanistan, through Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit–Baltistan of Pakistan and to Kashmir in northwestern India. It is home to some fifty languages of various genera including Indo-Aryan, Iranian, Nuristani, Tibeto- Burman, Turkic and the isolate Burushaski. READ MORE