Kashmiri: A Cognitive-Descriptive Grammar - Hardcover

Koul, Omkar N.; Wali, Kashi

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415058686 ISBN 13: 9780415058681

Publisher: Routledge, 1996

Synopsis

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.

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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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415058686
• ISBN 13: 9780415058681
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 404