{"product_id":"9781800088160","title":"Grammar of Khowar by Elena Bashir","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book is the first full-length English-language grammar of Khowar, one of the Far Northwestern Indo-Aryan languages. It reflects more than 30 years of field research by the author, and attempts to capture a snapshot of the language at the end of the twentieth century, a time when this and other small mountain languages in northern Pakistan were undergoing rapid change, the pace of which continues to accelerate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn introductory chapter presents the language in its genetic, geographical, and typological contexts, and its multi-layered lexicon. There follow chapters on phonology, word formation and derivational morphology, nominal morphology, deictic elements, the verbal system, adjectival modification, adverbial modification, morphosyntax, and morphosemantics. This final chapter is a distillation of features of the language that are central to understanding how it conceives of and portrays the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition to grammatical analysis and discussion, \u003cem\u003eA Grammar of Khowar\u003c\/em\u003e features numerous original example sentences, mostly contributed by senior, highly competent speakers of the language. A significant number of examples are drawn from oral texts recorded by the author in several villages. They are presented in roman representation and are accompanied by a complete morphological analysis and English translation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdditionally, an Appendix contains a 30-page sample text, presented first in Khowar?s Perso-Arabic script then by roman-based morphological analysis and an English translation by the author.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56305770824053,"sku":"9781800088160","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781800088160.jpg?v=1762798444","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781800088160","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}