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Sinhala
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ISBN: 1282721690 9786612721694 9027288534 9789027288530 9789027238153 9027238154 Year: 2010 Publisher: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : ©2010 John Benjamins Pub. Co.,

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Sinhala is one of the official languages of Sri Lanka and the mother tongue of over 70% of the population. Outside Sri Lanka it is used among immigrant populations in the U.K., North America, Australia and some European and Middle Eastern countries. As for the genetic relation, it belongs to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. Although the earliest surviving literature in Sinhala dates from the 8th century A.D. its written tradition has traced a longer path of more than 2000 years.


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Syllable structure of Bangla
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ISBN: 1283141523 1443824704 9786613141521 9781443824705 9781283141529 9781443824026 144382402X Year: 2010 Publisher: Newcastle upon Tyne Cambridge Scholars Pub.

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Syllable Structure of Bangla: An Optimality-Theoretic Approach is a three part study designed to provide students/readers with a better understanding about the structure of Bangla syllables in terms of phonology and morphology. The book is divided into tw


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Romani in Britain : the afterlife of a language
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ISBN: 0748671528 128294178X 9786612941788 0748643699 9780748643691 9780748687015 0748687017 9780748639045 0748639047 Year: 2010 Publisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press,

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Romani is one of Britain's oldest and most established minority languages. Brought to the country by Romani immigrants from continental Europe in the sixteenth century or even earlier, it was spoken in its old, inflected form as a family and community language until the second half of the nineteenth century, when it yielded to English. But even after its decline as the everyday language of English and Welsh Gypsies, Romani continues to survive in the form of a vocabulary that is used to express an 'emotive mode' of communication among group members. This book examines British Romani in its historical context and in its present-day form, drawing on recordings and interviews with speakers. It documents the Romani vocabulary and its usage patterns in conversation, offering insight into the processes of language death and language revitalization. The volume includes an extensive lexicon of Angloromani as a helpful reference.


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Annual review of South Asian languages and linguistics 2010
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ISBN: 9783110254839 9783110254976 3110254972 3110254832 1283166801 9786613166807 Year: 2010 Volume: 239 Publisher: Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter,

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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. Each volume will have three major sections:I. Invited contributions consisting of state-of-the-art essays on research in South Asian languages.II. Refereed open submissions focusing on relevant issues and providing various viewpoints.III. Reports from around the world, book reviews and abstracts of doctoral theses.

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