New Publication on Munda languages

[Michael Witzel]

VYAKARAN: South Asian Languages and Linguistics Net
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          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
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> D-49069 Osnabrück
> Germany
>
> Telephone: (+49) (0)541-969 4252
> Telefax: (+49) (0)541-969 4256
> Homepage: http://www.SouthAsiaBibliography.de/

Michael Witzel
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