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Title:
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Topics in Kalasha Syntax: An areal and typological perspective
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Author:
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Elena Bashir
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Email:
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Degree Awarded:
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University of Michigan
, Department of Linguistics
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Degree Date:
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1988
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Linguistic Subfield(s):
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Language Documentation
Typology
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Subject Language(s):
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Burushaski
Khowar
Kalasha
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Director(s):
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Peter Edwin Hook
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Abstract:
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This dissertation treats Kalasha, a Dardic (Northwest Indo-Aryan) language spoken in Chitral District in Northwest Frontier Province of Pakistan. The following aspects of Kalasha syntax are discussed with reference to both typological parameters and areal influences: structure of the verb system, transitivity and causativity relations, compound verbs, complementation structures and relative clauses. Kalasha is compared with Khowar and other Dardic languages, as well as with the South Asian sprachbund and sub-area including the mountainous regions of northern Pakistan and adjacent areas of Central Asia. Kalasha is found to differ significantly from the 'typical South Asian language' as characterized in Masica (1976). Possible substratum influences of Burushaski are discussed.
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