6 Sociolinguistics

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgments v
3. Table of contents vii
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. The languages, their histories, and their genetic classification 9
6. 2. Contact and convergence 241
7. 3. Phonetics and phonology 375
8. 4. Morphology 437
9. 5. Syntax and semantics 501
10. 6 Sociolinguistics 631
11. 7. Indigenous South Asian grammatical traditions 707
12. 8. Applications of modern technology to South Asian languages 735
13. 9. Writing systems 787
14. Appendix — Sources and resources 823
15. Language index 889
16. Subject index 903