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A Grammar of the Shina Language of Indus Kohistan

A Grammar of the Shina Language of Indus Kohistan PDF Author: Ruth Laila Schmidt
Publisher: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
ISBN: 9783447056762
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 288

Book Description
The Shina language is a Dardic speech spoken in the mountainousregions of the upper Indus River and its tributaries in Pakistan and India, an area which extends more than eight hundred kilometers from east to west and three hundred kilometers from north to south - an area larger than Norway. It is divided into three major dialects: the Gilgiti, Kohistani and Astori. Until now, only the Gilgiti dialect has received the attention of scholars; this work is the only grammar of the Kohistani dialect, as well as the ? rst modern grammar of any Shina dialect.Table of contents: PrefaceMapList of Abbreviations1. The Geographic and Historical Setting2. The Sound System3. Nouns and Postpositions4. Pronouns and Deixis5. Adjectives6. Verbs7. Adverbs, Participles and Verbal Nouns8. Compound Verbs9. ConjunctionsBibliographyInde
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