Essays about: "språkkontakt"

Found 5 essays containing the word språkkontakt.

  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

  2. 2. A phonological reconstruction of Proto-Omagua–Kokama–Tupinambá

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap

    Author : Olof Lundgren; [2020]
    Keywords : Omagua; Kokama; Tupinambá; Tupí–Guaraní; historical linguistics; comparative linguistics; contact linguistics; phonology; creole languages; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Las lenguas omagua [omg] y kokama [cod] de la familia tupí–guaraní constituyen ejemplos interesantes de contacto lingüístico en Amazonia. Esto es evidente de su léxico que es mayormente tupí–guaraní, con un gran porcentaje de formas no-tupí–guaraní, y la gramática, que es muy distinta de otras lenguas tupí–guaraní. READ MORE

  3. 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

  4. 4. A micro-typological study of Pashai varieties in Afghanistan

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik

    Author : Vanessa Quasnik; [2019]
    Keywords : Hindu Kush; Indo-Aryan languages; micro-typology; Pashai; Hindu Kush; Indoariska språk; microtypology; Pashai;

    Abstract : The Hindu Kush region stretches from Afghanistan over Pakistan to North India and is home to what is commonly known as the Dardic languages. The Dardic langagues are a group of Indo-Aryan languages that have in isolation and under contact developed or retained features that can not be found in Indo-Aryan languages outside the region. READ MORE

  5. 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