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<DIV>Very well said! This is a very serious and significant work on The Munda
Languages by Gregory. I had a lot about this work when the same was under
print.</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks a lot John, for sharing this news. But, price is bit high. Is it a
library edition, BTW?</DIV>
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<DIV>Lakhan</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>From:</B> <A
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, April 14, 2008 8:54
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: New Publication on Munda
languages</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>VYAKARAN: South Asian Languages and Linguistics
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...<BR><BR>Also, I have just noticed that the write-up I sent out is
apparently dated<BR>- the book has only 14 chapters (general intro and 13
languages).<BR>Apparently the original plan was changed at some
point.<BR><BR>JP<BR><BR>> VYAKARAN: South Asian Languages and Linguistics
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Delighted, yes --<BR>> but at the rate of $
304?<BR>><BR>> MW<BR>><BR>> On Apr 14, 2008, at 8:33 AM, John
Peterson wrote:<BR>>> VYAKARAN: South Asian Languages and Linguistics
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I am DELIGHTED to anounce that the following title has now been<BR>>>
published:<BR>>><BR>>> The Munda Languages (Routledge Curzon
Language Family Series)<BR>>> (Hardcover)<BR>>> by Gregory D. S.
Anderson (Editor)<BR>>><BR>>> Price: $304.31<BR>>> *
Hardcover: 808 pages<BR>>> * Language: English<BR>>> * ISBN-10:
041532890X<BR>>> * ISBN-13: 978-0415328906<BR>>><BR>>>
_________________________________________________________________<BR>>>
Text from Amazon.com:<BR>>><BR>>> The Munda group of languages of
the Austroasiatic family are spoken by<BR>>> so-called 'tribals' in
central and eastern India. They are the least<BR>>> well-known and most
poorly documented languages of the Indian<BR>>> subcontinent. This work
- unprecedented and original - draws<BR>>> together a<BR>>>
distinguished group of international experts in the field of Munda<BR>>>
language research, presents current assessments of a wide range of<BR>>>
typological and comparative-historical issues, and offers agendas
for<BR>>> future research. Never before has there been the real
possibility of<BR>>> putting together a volume such as this one, for
there is now greater<BR>>> interest in the Munda languages than ever
before, and good<BR>>> descriptions of<BR>>> almost all of the
languages in the family can now be offered, as<BR>>> well as<BR>>>
broader studies on such topics as the typology or historical<BR>>>
phonology of<BR>>> the Munda language family, and how Munda fits in the
greater South<BR>>> Asian<BR>>> linguistic
area.<BR>>><BR>>> The Munda language family is old in eastern and
central India -<BR>>> older than<BR>>> the Dravidian and
Indo-Aryan languages now found in their<BR>>> territory. The<BR>>>
ancestor language of Proto-Munda and the cognate Mon-Khmer (Khmer-<BR>>>
Nicobar)<BR>>> languages, viz. Proto-Austroasiatic, is at least as
ancient as<BR>>> Proto-Indo-European, and is as important culturally
and<BR>>> archaeologically<BR>>> for Southeast Asia, South China
and eastern India, as Proto-Indo-<BR>>> European<BR>>> is for its
part of the world.<BR>>><BR>>> The Munda Languages consists of 21
chapters, and Introductory<BR>>> Chapter and<BR>>> a Preface. The
book is divided into three parts. Part I presents<BR>>> synchronic
descriptions of the eleven main Munda languages. Part II<BR>>>
offers<BR>>> a range of sociolinguistic and literary/philological
studies of the<BR>>> Munda<BR>>> languages, while Part III
discusses an array of typological, a<BR>>> real, and<BR>>>
comparative-historical topics in current Munda linguistics,<BR>>>
presenting an<BR>>> assessment of past successes (and failures) in these
domains, the<BR>>> status<BR>>> of current work, and suggested
paths for future research.<BR>>> Product
Details<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> --<BR>>> John
Peterson<BR>>> FB 7, Sprachwissenschaft<BR>>> Universität
Osnabrück<BR>>> Neuer Graben 41<BR>>> D-49069
Osnabrück<BR>>> Germany<BR>>><BR>>> Telephone: (+49)
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