G N Devy: 3 books
The Being of Bhasha
A General Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The first volume of the People’s Linguistic Survey of India brings to the reader the journey undertaken in 2010, by a group of visionaries led by G. N. Devy to document the languages of India as they existed then. The aim of the People’s Linguistic Survey of India was to document these languages,...
by G. N. Devy, Tanmoy Bhattacharya, Nisha Grover
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This thirty-eighth volume of the People’s Linguistic Survey of India is devoted to the Indian Sign Language (ISL), the language of the Deaf in India. The articles in the volume are divided into four parts. The first discusses both its formal linguistic and ‘orthographic’ features; the second...
by G. N. Devy
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The People’s Linguistics Survey of India tries to give an idea of the extant and dying languages of India. It is the outcome of a nationwide survey of languages that has been documented by linguists, writers, social activists, and members of different speech communities.This volume attempts to bring...