ABSTRACT
Expressive Morphology in the Languages of South Asia explores the intricacies of the grammars of several of the languages of the South Asian subcontinent. Specifically, the contributors to this volume examine grammatical resources for shaping elaborative, rhyming, and alliterative expressions, conveying the emotions, states, conditions and perceptions of speakers. These forms, often referred to expressives, remain relatively undocumented, until now.
It is clear from the evidence on contextualized language use that the grammatically artistic usage of these forms enriches and enlivens both every day and ritualized genres of discourse. The contributors to this volume provide grammatical and sociolinguistic documentation through a typological introduction to the diversity of expressive forms in the languages of South Asia.
This book is suitable for students and researchers in South Asian Languages, and language families of the following; Dravidian, Indo-Aryan, Iranian, Sino-Tibetan and Austro-Asiatic.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|21 pages
South Asia in comparative perspective
part II|99 pages
Expressives in the Indo-Aryan sphere
part III|31 pages
Expressives in the Dravidian family
part IV|48 pages
Expressive morphology in Tibeto-Burman
chapter 8|26 pages
The functional value of formal exuberance
part V|18 pages
The Tai presence in South Asia
part VI|68 pages
The Munda world