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Fieldwork on Konda, a Dravidian language
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Bhadriraju Krishnamurti
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September 25, 2009
Abstract
In this paper I discuss my experience in working in the late 1950s on Konda, a previously undescribed Dravidian language from Central India, in terms of its phonetics, phonology, morphology and syntax. The analysis and the collection of data involved work with texts and conversations and elicitation of paradigms. This grammar was cast in terms of basic linguistic theorty, without adhering to any of the particular formal models then in vogue, and is the most comprehensive grammar of any minority Dravidian language. It has been instrumental for our understanding of Proto-Dravidian.
Published Online: 2009-09-25
Published in Print: 2007-03
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Keywords for this article
Dravidian languages;
Konda;
Proto-Dravidian;
paradigms;
fieldwork methodology
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