The Indo-Aryan Languages

Comprehensive survey of Indo-Aryan languages for theoretical linguists and students of the relevant languages.

In his ambitious survey of the Indo-Aryan languages, Colin Masica has provided a fundamental introduction that concentrates on the phonology, morphology and syntax as well as their historical development, areal context and writing systems. This will interest not only general and theoretical linguists but also students who want a broader linguistic context in these languages.In his ambitious survey of the Indo-Aryan languages, Colin Masica has provided a fundamental introduction which will interest not only general and theoretical linguists but also students of one or more of these languages who want to acquaint themselves with the broader linguistic context. Generally synchronic in approach, concentrating on the phonology, morphology and syntax of the modern representatives of the group, the volume also covers their historical development, areal context, writing systems and aspects of sociolinguistics. The survey is organised not on a language-by-language basis but by topic, so that salient theoretical issues may be discussed in a comparative context.