Essays about: "Noa Lange"
Found 3 essays containing the words Noa Lange.
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1. 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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2. 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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3. Nominal plurality in languages of the Greater Hindukush
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskapAbstract : 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