New Publication on Munda languages
John Peterson
jpeterso at UNI-OSNABRUECK.DE
Tue Apr 15 07:40:50 UTC 2008
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> 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.
>
> Thanks a lot John, for sharing this news. But, price is bit high. Is it a
> library edition, BTW?
>
> Lakhan
> www.sais-jhu.edu<http://www.sais-jhu.edu/>
Indeed, I think Greg did an EXCELLENT job editing it. And yes, this is the
hardcover edition, probably intended especially for libraries. Browsing
through the other titles in the series at Amazon, it seems that the MUCH
cheaper paperback edition takes 2-3 years to appear.
Best, John
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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
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> > Delighted, yes --
> > but at the rate of $ 304?
> >
> > MW
> >
> > On Apr 14, 2008, at 8:33 AM, John Peterson wrote:
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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
> >>
> >>
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> John Peterson
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> Universität Osnabrück
> Neuer Graben 41
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> Germany
>
> Telephone: (+49) (0)541-969 4252
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John Peterson
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Universität Osnabrück
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Germany
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