Essays about: "Shina languages"

Found 5 essays containing the words Shina languages.

  1. 1. Topics in the grammar of Kalkoti

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik

    Author : David Hultman; [2023]
    Keywords : Kalkoti; Shina languages; Indo-Aryan languages; language contact; Kalkoti; shinaspråk; indoariska språk; språkkontakt;

    Abstract : This thesis presents a study of the phonological and morphosyntactic characteristics of Kalkoti, an understudied Indo-Aryan language of northern Pakistan. Kalkoti belongs to the Shina group of Indo-Aryan languages, but shows heavy influence from the Kohistani language Gawri, including the development of a complex tone system. READ MORE

  3. 2. 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

  4. 3. A Micro-Typological Study of Shina : A Hindu Kush Language Cluster

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskap

    Author : Nina Knobloch; [2019]
    Keywords : Micro-typology; Indo-Aryan languages; Greater Hindu Kush; Shina;

    Abstract : In this thesis, 9 Indo-Aryan languages which have previously been classified as Shina languages were analyzed. A cognate analysis of basic vocabulary was conducted, in order to explore the relatedness of the languages. READ MORE

  5. 4. Discourse Markers in Dardic Languages : Palula ba and ta in a comparative perspective

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskap

    Author : Erik Svärd; [2014]
    Keywords : Dardic; Indo-Aryan; Chitral; Palula; Dameli; discourse; topic; conjunctions; Shina; Kohistani; dardiska; indoariska; Chitral; palula; dameli; diskurs; topik; konjunktioner; shina; kohistani;

    Abstract : The present study investigates discourse markers in Dardic languages (Indo-Aryan; Pakistan), focusing on the discourse markers ba and ta in Palula in comparison with other languages of the region, particularly Dameli in which two markers with the same form and similar functions have been observed. The results showed that Palula ba functions as a topic-marker, in addition to other functions, whereas ta only signals subsequence, except in an adversative construction ta. READ MORE

  6. 5. From left to right and back again : The distribution of dependent clauses in the Hindukush

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskap

    Author : Hanna Rönnqvist; [2014]
    Keywords : Hindukush; Dardic; Gawri; Palula; Gilgiti Shina; Kalasha; dependent clauses; adverbial clauses; complement clauses; Hindukush; dardiska språk; gawri; palula; gilgiti shina; kalasha; underordnande satser; adverbiella bisatser; nominalsatser;

    Abstract : In complex clause constructions, the dependent clause can either precede or succeed the main clause. In a study on a selection of Indo-Aryan languages spoken on the Indian subcontinent (Hook 1987), a gradual transition between pre- and postposing languages was found, when moving from the southeast to the northwest in the area. READ MORE