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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Bhadriraju Krishnamurti |
ISBN: | 9780521771115 0521771110 9780521025126 0521025125 |
OCLC Number: | 750967799 |
Description: | XXVII, 545, [1] s. : il. ; 23 cm. |
Contents: | Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Phonology: descriptive; 3. The writing systems of the literary languages; 4. Phonology: historical and comparative; 5. Word formation: roots, stems, formatives, derivational suffixes and nominal compounds; 6. Nominals: nouns, pronouns, numerals and time and place adverbs; 7. The verb; 8. Adjectives, adverbs and clitics; 9. Syntax; 10. Lexicon; 11. Conclusion; Bibliography; Indexes. |
Series Title: | Cambridge Language Surveys. |
Responsibility: | Bhadriraju Krishnamurti. |
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'... handled with great lucidity ... DL is of interest to a wide range of scholars and students of language ... Because of the thorough and meticulous nature of the analysis, it is an important contribution to the theory of comparative reconstruction ... a timely work of great importance. The merits of the book can perhaps best be summarized by stating that, after almost a century and a half, Caldwell's great work has at last been superseded.' School of Oriental & African Studies Read more...
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