Please note: In order to keep Hive up to date and provide users with the best features, we are no longer able to fully support Internet Explorer. The site is still available to you, however some sections of the site may appear broken. We would encourage you to move to a more modern browser like Firefox, Edge or Chrome in order to experience the site fully.

Essays on Three Iranian Language Groups : Taleqani, Biabanaki, Komisenian, Hardback Book

Essays on Three Iranian Language Groups : Taleqani, Biabanaki, Komisenian Hardback

Part of the American Oriental Series series

Hardback

Description

This volume studies three West Iranian language groups that are either undefined or have been scantly analysed. The first chapter, "The Languages of Taleqan and Alamut," studies nineteen kindred language varieties spoken in the Sahrud basin in central-western Alborz; the second, "Biabanaki Language Group," studies the vernaculars spoken in four villages in the historical district of Biabanak, located on the southern edge of the Great Desert in central Persia; while the third, "The Komisenian Sprachbund," treats seven languages spoken in and around Semnan, located halfway between Tehran and Khorasan. Each chapter addresses phonology, morphosyntax, and lexis, following the areal typological approach developed for West Iranian by Donald Stilo.

This approach is complemented for the Biabanaki and Komisenian groups by the longstanding historical-comparative method.

Special attention is given to ethnolinguistics and the language contact phenomenon, as well as the historical geography of each region. Published by American Oriental Society in association with Lockwood Press

Information

Other Formats

Information