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Expressive Morphology in the Languages of South Asia

Expressive Morphology in the Languages of South Asia

 
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ISBN13:9781138291157
ISBN10:1138291153
Binding:Hardback
No. of pages:322 pages
Size:234x156 mm
Weight:453 g
Language:English
Illustrations: 10 Illustrations, black & white; 4 Halftones, black & white; 6 Line drawings, black & white; 27 Tables, black & white
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Expressive Morphology in the Languages of South Asia explores the intricacies of the grammars of several of the languages of the South Asian subcontinent. It examine grammatical resources for shaping elaborative, rhyming, and alliterative expressions, conveying the emotions, states, conditions, and perceptions of speakers.

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Expressive Morphology in the Languages of South Asia explores the intricacies of the grammars of several of the languages of the South Asian subcontinent. Specifically, the contributors to this volume examine grammatical resources for shaping elaborative, rhyming, and alliterative expressions, conveying the emotions, states, conditions and perceptions of speakers. These forms, often referred to expressives, remain relatively undocumented, until now.



It is clear from the evidence on contextualized language use that the grammatically artistic usage of these forms enriches and enlivens both every day and ritualized genres of discourse. The contributors to this volume provide grammatical and sociolinguistic documentation through a typological introduction to the diversity of expressive forms in the languages of South Asia.



This book is suitable for students and researchers in South Asian Languages, and language families of the following; Dravidian, Indo-Aryan, Iranian, Sino-Tibetan and Austro-Asiatic.

Table of Contents:


Table of Contents



List of Figures & Tables


List of Appendices


List of Contributors



1 Introduction Jeffrey P. Williams



Part I: South Asia in Comparative Perspective


2 Expressives as a Semantically Complex Category in South Asian Languages


Anvita Abbi



Part II: Expressives in the Indo-Aryan Sphere


3 Expressives in Hindi


Annie Motaut



4 Nepali Expressive Morphology


George van Driem



Part III: Expressives in the Dravidian Family


5 Morphosyntax of Expressives in Malayalam


P. Sreekumar & S. Prema


6 Expressive Morphology: A Study of Ira??aik Kilavi in Tamil


Vridhachalem Pillay Subramaniam




Part IV: Expressive Morphology in Tibeto-Burman


7 Reduplication in Lamkang: Form, Function, Feeling


Shobhana Chelliah, Evaline Blair, Melissa Robinson, Rex Khullar, and Sumshot Khular


8 The Functional Value of Formal Exuberance: Isomorphism and Expressive Intensification in Adi and Milang


Yankee Modi and Mark W. Post



Part V: The Tai Presence in South Asia


9 A Study of the Poetics of Tai Ahom


Stephen Morey



Part VI: The Munda World


10 Expressives in the Munda Languages


Gregory D. S. Anderson and Bikram Jora



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