Essays about: "Hindukush-indoariska"

Found 3 essays containing the word Hindukush-indoariska.

1. 1. A grammar sketch of Sauji : An Indo-Aryan language of Afghanistan

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskap

   Author : Nina Knobloch; [2020]
   Keywords : Sauji; Shina; Indo-Aryan languages; Hindukush Indo-Aryan; Afghanistan; Sauji; shinaspråk; indoariska språk; Hindukush-indoariska; Afghanistan;

   Abstract : 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

3. 2. Distance and visibility in Gawri demonstratives

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik

   Author : Noa Lange; [2017]
   Keywords : Demonstratives; exophora; invisible; accessibility; Gawri; Hindukush Indo-Aryan; Pakistan; Demonstrativor; exofor; osynlig; tillgänglighet; gawri; Hindukush-indoariska; Pakistan;

   Abstract : 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

4. 3. 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