: Rajendra Singh
: Annual Review of South Asian Languages and Linguistics 2009
: De Gruyter Mouton
: 9783110225600
: Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]ISSN
: 1
: CHF 177.10
:
: Allgemeine und Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft
: English
: 257
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!doctype html public '-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en'>< >South Asia is home to a large number of languages and dialects. Although linguists working on this region have made significant contributions to our understanding of language, society, and language in society on a global scale, there is as yet no recognized international forum for the exchange of ideas amongst linguists working on South Asia.The Annual Review of South Asian Languages and Linguistics is designed to be just that forum. It brings together empirical and theoretical research and serves as a testing ground for the articulation of new ideas and approaches which may be grounded in a study of South Asian languages but which have universal applicability.



< >Rajendra Singh, Université de Montréal, Canada.
Contents5
Editorial Preface7
General Contributions9
Strategies and their Shadows11
A Taxonomy of EAT Expressions in Marathi49
Morpheme-specific Exceptional Processes and Emergent Unmarkedness in Vowel Harmony73
Special Contribution: Indian Sign Language (ISL)109
Typology of Indian Sign Language Verbs from a Comparative Perspective111
Regional Reports141
Sinhala in Contact with Arabic: The Birth of a New Pidgin in the Middle East143
Research on South Asian Languages in Japan: 2000–2008157
A Morphosyntactic Categorisation Scheme for the Automated Analysis of Nepali179
Reviews205
Word Formation in Bengali: A Whole Word Morphological Description and its Theoretical Implications207
Cultures, Contexts, and World Englishes215
Indian English221
Linguistic genocide in education – or worldwide diversity and human rights.225
The Grammar of Carnatic Music231
Dialogue237
Aspects of Assamese Morphonology Revisited: Reflections on Mahanta239
Nativeness, Deviance and Ownership: A Response to Singh243
Appendices251
Announcements253
Notes on Contributors255