Essays about: "Hindukush Indo-Aryan"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words Hindukush Indo-Aryan.
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1. A grammar sketch of Sauji : An Indo-Aryan language of Afghanistan
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskapAbstract : This study presents selected features in the phonology and grammar of Sauji, an Indo-Aryan language spoken in a village in the Kunar province in north-eastern Afghanistan. Sauji belongs to a cluster of (western) Shina languages - a subgroup of the Hindukush Indo-Aryan languages, which are spoken in large parts of northernmost Pakistan, north-eastern Afghanistan, and the disputed Kashmir region. READ MORE
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2. Distance and visibility in Gawri demonstratives
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistikAbstract : This is a study of demonstratives in Gawri [ISO 639-3: gwc] (Hindukush Indo-Aryan, HKIA), based on field data collected in Islamabad, Pakistan during the winter of 2016–2017. Previous studies of HKIA languages report systems of third-person pronouns with a three-way demonstrative contrast – two terms distinguishing between proximal and distal referents, and one used with accessible referents out of sight. READ MORE
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3. Grammatical gender in Hindukush languages : An areal-typological study
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistikAbstract : 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
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4. Demonstrative contrasts in Hindukush Indo-Aryan
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistikAbstract : 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
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5. Fusion, exponence, and flexivity in Hindukush languages : An areal-typological study
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskapAbstract : 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