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.
Copyright:
2020
Book Details
Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
306 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781351967723
Related ISBNs:
9781138291157,
9781315265629,
9780367525057
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:
08/25/20
Copyrighted By:
selection and editorial matter, Jeffrey P. Williams
