New Publication on Munda languages

[John Peterson]

VYAKARAN: South Asian Languages and Linguistics Net
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          John Peterson, University of Osnabrueck, Germany
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Yes, alas, ...

Also, I have just noticed that the write-up I sent out is apparently dated
- the book has only 14 chapters (general intro and 13 languages).
Apparently the original plan was changed at some point.

JP

> VYAKARAN: South Asian Languages and Linguistics Net
> Editors:  Tej K. Bhatia, Syracuse University, New York
>           John Peterson, University of Osnabrueck, Germany
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> Delighted, yes --
> but  at the  rate of $ 304?
>
> MW
>
> On Apr 14, 2008, at 8:33 AM, John Peterson wrote:
>> VYAKARAN: South Asian Languages and Linguistics Net
>> Editors:  Tej K. Bhatia, Syracuse University, New York
>>           John Peterson, University of Osnabrueck, Germany
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>> VYAKARAN
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>> I am DELIGHTED to anounce that the following title has now been
>> published:
>>
>> The Munda Languages (Routledge Curzon Language Family Series)
>> (Hardcover)
>> by Gregory D. S. Anderson (Editor)
>>
>> Price: $304.31
>> * Hardcover: 808 pages
>> * Language: English
>> * ISBN-10: 041532890X
>> * ISBN-13: 978-0415328906
>>
>> _________________________________________________________________
>> Text from Amazon.com:
>>
>> The Munda group of languages of the Austroasiatic family are spoken by
>> so-called 'tribals' in central and eastern India. They are the least
>> well-known and most poorly documented languages of the Indian
>> subcontinent. This work - unprecedented and original - draws
>> together a
>> distinguished group of international experts in the field of Munda
>> language research, presents current assessments of a wide range of
>> typological and comparative-historical issues, and offers agendas for
>> future research. Never before has there been the real possibility of
>> putting together a volume such as this one, for there is now greater
>> interest in the Munda languages than ever before, and good
>> descriptions of
>> almost all of the languages in the family can now be offered, as
>> well as
>> broader studies on such topics as the typology or historical
>> phonology of
>> the Munda language family, and how Munda fits in the greater South
>> Asian
>> linguistic area.
>>
>> The Munda language family is old in eastern and central India -
>> older than
>> the Dravidian and Indo-Aryan languages now found in their
>> territory. The
>> ancestor language of Proto-Munda and the cognate Mon-Khmer (Khmer-
>> Nicobar)
>> languages, viz. Proto-Austroasiatic, is at least as ancient as
>> Proto-Indo-European, and is as important culturally and
>> archaeologically
>> for Southeast Asia, South China and eastern India, as Proto-Indo-
>> European
>> is for its part of the world.
>>
>> The Munda Languages consists of 21 chapters, and Introductory
>> Chapter and
>> a Preface. The book is divided into three parts. Part I presents
>> synchronic descriptions of the eleven main Munda languages. Part II
>> offers
>> a range of sociolinguistic and literary/philological studies of the
>> Munda
>> languages, while Part III discusses an array of typological, a
>> real, and
>> comparative-historical topics in current Munda linguistics,
>> presenting an
>> assessment of past successes (and failures) in these domains, the
>> status
>> of current work, and suggested paths for future research.
>> Product Details
>>
>>
>> --
>> John Peterson
>> FB 7, Sprachwissenschaft
>> Universität Osnabrück
>> Neuer Graben 41
>> D-49069 Osnabrück
>> Germany
>>
>> Telephone: (+49) (0)541-969 4252
>> Telefax: (+49) (0)541-969 4256
>> Homepage: http://www.SouthAsiaBibliography.de/
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John Peterson
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Universität Osnabrück
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Germany

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