Essays about: "lexical areality"

Found 2 essays containing the words lexical areality.

1. 1. Lexico-Semantic Areality in the Greater Hindu Kush : An Areal-Typological Study on Numerals and Kinship Terms

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik

   Author : Jacqueline Venetz; [2019]
   Keywords : Greater Hindu Kush; areal typology; lexical areality; numerals; kinship terms; Indo-Aryan; Iranian; Nuristani; Turkic; Tibeto-Burman; Burushaski;

   Abstract : The Greater Hindu Kush designates a mountainous area extending from Afghanistan over Pakistan, Tajikistan and India to the westernmost parts of China. It is home to over 50 lan- guages from six different phyla; Indo-Aryan, Iranian, Nuristani, Turkic, Tibeto-Burman and the language isolate Burushaski. READ MORE

3. 2. 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