Essays about: "The Greater Hindukush"

Found 5 essays containing the words The Greater Hindukush.

1. 1. 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

3. 2. 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

4. 3. Fusion, exponence, and flexivity in Hindukush languages : An areal-typological study

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskap

   Author : Hanna Rönnqvist; [2015]
   Keywords : Hindukush; language contact; areal typology; morphological typology; Indo-Aryan; Iranian; Nuristani; Turkic; Tibeto-Burman; Burushaski;

   Abstract : 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

5. 4. Case and case alignment in the Greater Hindukush : An areal-typological survey

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskap

   Author : Richard Kowalik; [2015]
   Keywords : Case; case alignment; grammatical relations; Hindukush; areal typology; Indo-Iranian; Tibeto-Burman; Burushaski; Turkic; Kasus; kasusmarkeringssystem; grammatiska relationer; Hindukush; areal typologi; indo-iranska; tibetoburmanska; burushaski; turkspråk;

   Abstract : This thesis concerns languages in the Greater Hindukush, the area in northern Afghanistan and Pakistan, where a total of about 50 languages are spoken. The thesis’ topic is case systems and case alignment systems of nouns in an areal-typological perspective. This is investigated by using a representative sample. READ MORE

6. 5. Nominal plurality in languages of the Greater Hindukush

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskap

   Author : Noa Lange; [2015]
   Keywords : nominal plurality; areal typology; Hindukush; obligatoriness; optionality; nominal pluralitet; arealtypologi; Hindukush; markeringstvång; optionalitet;

   Abstract : 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