Studies in Kashmiri Linguistics

Studies in Kashmiri Linguistics
Author: Omkar Nath Koul
Publisher:
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2005
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

It is collection of papers related to linguistic and sociolinguistic aspects of Kashmiri. The papers deal with the structure of Kashmiri language, language and society, personal names, kinship terms, modes of greetings, modes of address, lexical borrowings, and standardization of the Kashmiri script. Dr. Omkar N Koul has held various positions in Govt of India. He was Prinicipal of NRLC, Patiala, Professor at the LBSNNAA Mussoorie, Professor-cum-Deputy Director, and Director of the CIIL, Mysore. the CIIL.

The Changing Language Roles and Linguistic Identities of the Kashmiri Speech Community

The Changing Language Roles and Linguistic Identities of the Kashmiri Speech Community
Author: M. Ashraf Bhat
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2017-06-23
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1443862606

This book operates from the premise that linguistic identities are important because they make sense to people, are meaningful, and have an impact on the thinking and behaviour of individuals and groups, both overtly and covertly. The framework outlined here synthesises key works on linguistic identity and draws together insights from a range of disciplines, such as sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, discourse analysis, cognitive sciences, and social psychology. It investigates linguistic assertions of community identity in the multilingual context of the Kashmir region in India, by studying the dimensions of changing language roles and linguistic practices in relation to the process of creating and maintaining new linguistic identities under different circumstances. It examines the nature of changing language roles as a combination of several linguistic and extra-linguistic factors, which include script uncertainty, interlingual diglossia, language attrition, language policies of the state, collective attitudes towards language(s), corresponding speech communities, intergenerational transmission, and instrumental orientation, among others. It demonstrates that changes in role are principally motivated by various factors, which may lead to the demise of the distinct symbol and roots of the Kashmiri linguistic-cultural identity in favour of the non-native code, Urdu, which could emerge as the primary linguistic identity in the near future.

Argument structure in Kashmiri

Argument structure in Kashmiri
Author: Saartje Verbeke
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 213
Release: 2017-11-20
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9004346783

Argument structure of Kashmiri is a study of the grammatical patterns one finds in the Indo-Aryan language Kashmiri. Kashmiri shows several unique linguistic features which sets it aside from more well-known Indo-Aryan languages. The book focuses on the grammatical relations and their coding in case marking and in verb agreement. The occurrence of pronominal suffixation in Kashmiri is related with the universal feature of referential hierarchies and the phenomenon of verb second word order. The grammatical structure of Kashmiri is situated in the linguistic area of the Himalayas, and minority languages in the area are discussed as well. The book draws on a wealth of examples from field work, local manuscripts and secondary sources and it is a first comprehensive overview of the grammatical features of Kashmiri from a typological point of view.

Resisting Occupation in Kashmir

Resisting Occupation in Kashmir
Author: Haley Duschinski
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2018-04-20
Genre: History
ISBN: 081224978X

Resisting Occupation in Kashmir considers the social and legal dimensions of India's occupation of Kashmir and the ways in which Kashmiri youth are drawing on the region's history of armed rebellion to reimagine the freedom struggle in the twenty-first century.

The Making of Early Kashmir

The Making of Early Kashmir
Author: Shonaleeka Kaul
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2018-01-08
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 019909330X

What is history? How does a land become a homeland? How are cultural identities formed? The Making of Early Kashmir explores these questions in relation to the birth of Kashmir and the discursive and material practices that shaped it up to the 12th century CE. Reinterpreting the first work of Kashmiri history, Kalhana’s Rajatarangini, this book argues that the text was history not despite being traditional Sanskrit poetry but because of it. It elaborated a poetics of place, implicating Kashmir’s sacred geography, a stringent critique of local politics, and a regional selfhood that transcended the limits of vernacularism.Combined with longue durée testimonies from art, material culture, script, and linguistics, this book jettisons the image of an isolated and insular Kashmir. It proposes a cultural formation that straddled the Western Himalayas and the Indic plains with Kashmir as the pivot. This is the story of the connected histories of the region and the rest of India.

Kashmir and It's People

Kashmir and It's People
Author: M. K. Kaw
Publisher: APH Publishing
Total Pages: 506
Release: 2004
Genre: Jammu and Kashmir (India)
ISBN: 9788176485371

Traces The Journey Of The Land And People From Ancient To The Modern Day. Captures The Factors For The Decline Of Kashmiri Civilization From Glory To The Present State Of Murder And Repire. The Author Hopes The Worst Is Over And The Old Practices Of Kashmiriyat Will Return.

Srinagar Burushaski

Srinagar Burushaski
Author: Sadaf Munshi
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 325
Release: 2018-12-10
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9004387897

In Srinagar Burushaski: A Descriptive and Comparative Account with Analyzed Texts Sadaf Munshi offers the structural description of a lesser-known regional variety of Burushaski spoken in Srinagar, the summer capital of the Indian-administered state of Jammu & Kashmir. The description includes a comprehensive and comparative account of the structural features of Srinagar Burushaski in terms of phonology, morphology, lexicon and syntax. The grammar is supported by an extensive digital corpus housed at the University of North Texas Digital Library. Using contemporary spoken language samples from Srinagar, Nagar, Hunza and Yasin varieties of Burushaski as well as data from the available literature, Munshi provides a thorough understanding of the historical development of Srinagar Burushaski, complementing the existing studies on Burushaski dialectology.