Essays about: "Indo-Aryan languages"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 16 essays containing the words Indo-Aryan languages.

  1. 6. A micro-typological study of Pashai varieties in Afghanistan

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik

    Author : Vanessa Quasnik; [2019]
    Keywords : Hindu Kush; Indo-Aryan languages; micro-typology; Pashai; Hindu Kush; Indoariska språk; microtypology; Pashai;

    Abstract : The Hindu Kush region stretches from Afghanistan over Pakistan to North India and is home to what is commonly known as the Dardic languages. The Dardic langagues are a group of Indo-Aryan languages that have in isolation and under contact developed or retained features that can not be found in Indo-Aryan languages outside the region. READ MORE

  3. 7. The Use of the Copula in Non-Copula Constructions in the Languages of South Asia

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : Anna Sjöberg; [2018]
    Keywords : south asia; linguistic area; typology; dravidian; munda; tibeto-burman; indo-aryan; copula;

    Abstract : In this thesis, I explore the use of copulas in non-copula constructions in the languages of South Asia to establish possible genetic and areal tendencies in the distribution. Using materials – language descriptions and data – from Grierson’s Linguistic Survey of India, I examine the phenomenon in 206 languages from four families (Munda, Dravidian, Indo-Aryan and Sino-Tibetan). READ MORE

  4. 8. 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

  5. 9. 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

  6. 10. 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