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  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. 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