Kashmiri: A Cognitive-Descriptive Grammar

by Omkar N. Koul, Kashi Wali

Overview

Kashmir boasts a language which challenges every field of linguistics. Kashmiri is spoken by approximately 3,000,000 people. Its syntax, similar to Germanic and other verb second languages, has raised many significant issues within current generative theories proposed by Chomsky and other prominent linguists.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415600118
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/05/2010
Series:	Descriptive Grammars
Pages:	404
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Kashi Wali has been working on Kashmiri for the last ten years and has published extensively in the fields of linguistics and South Asian languages. She is a visiting professor at Cornell and Syracuse universities.,
/ Omkar N. Koul, a native speaker of Kashmiri, has published several books and articles related to linguistics, sociolinguistics, and South Asian languages including Kashmiri, Punjabi, and Hindi. He is currently a professor cum deputy director of the Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore, India.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Syntax; Chapter 2 Morphology; Chapter 3 Phonology; Chapter 4 Ideophones and Interjections; Chapter 5 Lexicon;