New book: Indo-European lingustics

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Hindi Phonology
Shaligram Shukla, Georgetown University

Hindi is the world's third most commonly used language after Chinese and
English.  It is a modern Indo-European language spoken as a first or
second language by almost a half billion people in India, as well
as other parts of Asia, Africa, the Americas, Europe, and Oceania.
This book's primary aim is to describe Hindi sounds and their pattern.
Little previous knowledge of phonology is assumed.  The book is
comprehensive and detailed.  Traditional and current concepts and
technical
terms are explained.  The various chapters discusse the historical and
sociological background of Hindi, the nature of Hindi lexicon both
native and borrowed, the conventions of the Devanagari symbols (since in
the text
examples are also transcribed in the Devanagari), the articulation of
Hindi sounds and their characterization in terms of distinctive
features, the concept of phonemes, the significant allophones of Hindi,
the natural
classes of Hindi sounds, Hindi syllables and their structure, and Hindi
stress.

The author, a native speaker of Hindi, is professor of linguistics at
Georgetown University.  His has published extensively in the areas of
anthropology, linguistics, and literature.

ISBN 3895869740.
LINCOM Studies in Indo-European Linguistics 08.
Ca. 160pp. DM 94. USD 51. # 32.

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