Malayalam / Edition 1

by R. E. Asher

Overview

Malayalam is one of the four major Dravidian languages spoken principally in the southern part of India. It has a recorded history of eight centuries and is spoken by more than thirty million people on the Malabar coast of southern India
This is the first detailed description of Malayalam, providing an in-depth analysis of the linguistic richness of this language.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415022422
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/10/1997
Series:	Descriptive Grammars
Pages:	520
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

R.E. Asher was Vice-Principal of the University of Edinburgh, where he held the Chair of Linguistics. In 1983 Fellowship of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi was conferred on him for services to Malayalam language and literature.

T. C. Kumari was Professor and Head of the Department of English, Little Flower College, Guruvayoor, Kerala.

Table of Contents

Preface, Preface, Transcription, Map of India, Map of Kerala, INTRODUCTION, CHAPTER 1. SYNTAX, CHAPTER 2. MORPHOLOGY, CHAPTER 3. PHONOLOGY, CHAPTER 4. IDEOPHONES AND INTERJECTIONS, CHAPTER 5. LEXICON, BIBLIOGRAPHY, GENERAL INDEX, MALAYALAM INDEX