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Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2015 00:31:08
From: Henrik Liljegren [henrik at ling.su.se]
Subject: Towards a Grammatical Description of Palula: An Indo-Aryan Language of the Hindu Kush

 
Institution: Stockholm University 
Program: Department of Linguistics 
Dissertation Status: Completed 
Degree Date: 2008 

Author: Henrik Liljegren

Dissertation Title: Towards a grammatical description of Palula: An Indo-Aryan
language of the Hindu Kush 

Dissertation URL:  http://www.diva-portal.org/su/theses/abstract.xsql?lang=en&dbid=7511

Linguistic Field(s): Language Documentation
                     Morphology
                     Phonology
                     Syntax
                     Typology

Subject Language(s): Phalura (phl)

Language Family(ies): Indo-Aryan Northwestern Zone


Dissertation Director(s):
Joan L.G. Baart
Östen Dahl
Ruth Laila Schmidt
Maria Koptjevskaja Tamm

Dissertation Abstract:

This dissertation is intended to provide a grammatical description of the
Indo-Aryan language Palula, spoken by approximately 10,000 people in Chitral
District in Pakistan’s North-West Frontier Province. No study with the scope
and detail of the current work has been presented in the past for this
little-known language, and it is one of only a few in-depth studies available
for languages in the immediate surrounding of the Hindu Kush region.
The analysis is based on original data primarily collected during the period
1998-2006, mainly in the form of recorded texts but supplemented by
questionnaires, notes of observed language use and the elicitation of word
lists and paradigms. The field work has been conducted in close cooperation
with native speakers and their communities.
The description covers phonology, morphology, syntax and a range of the most
important topics within each of these sub-disciplines, but it is not meant to
be an exhaustive reference grammar. Some topics have been given greater
prominence in the work, as they have particular importance to the language,
whereas others have been covered more summarily. Suggestions for further
research that should be undertaken are given throughout the study.
The approach chosen is theory-informed rather than theory-driven, but an
underlying framework of linguistic typology and non-formalism is assumed.
Diachronic development is taken into account, particularly in the area of
morphology, and comparisons with other languages and references to areal
phenomena are included insofar as they were motivated and available.




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