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This is a reference grammar of the standard spoken variety of Tamil, a language with 65 million speakers in India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Singapore. The spoken variety is radically different from the standard literary variety, last standardized in the thirteenth century. The standard spoken language is used by educated people in their interactions with people from different regions and different social groups, and is also the dialect used in films, plays and the media. This book, a much expanded version of the author's Grammar of Spoken Tamil (1979), is the first such grammar to contain examples both in Tamil script and in transliteration, and the first to be written so as to be accessible to students studying the modern spoken language as well as to linguists and other specialists. The book has benefited from extensive native-speaker input and the author's own long experience of teaching Tamil to English-speakers.
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This is a reference grammar of the standard spoken variety of Tamil, a language with 65 million speakers in India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Singapore. The spoken variety is radically different from the standard literary variety, last standardized in the thirteenth century. The standard spoken language is used by educated people in their interactions with people from different regions and different social groups, and is also the dialect used in films, plays and the media. This book, a much expanded version of the author's Grammar of Spoken Tamil (1979), is the first such grammar to contain examples both in Tamil script and in transliteration, and the first to be written so as to be accessible to students studying the modern spoken language as well as to linguists and other specialists. The book has benefited from extensive native-speaker input and the author's own long experience of teaching Tamil to English-speakers.
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A Reference Grammar of Spoken Tamil (Reference Grammars): Peeccut Tamir Nookk Ilakkanam Schiffman, Harold F.
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Cambridge University Press, 1999
ISBN 10 : 0521640741
ISBN 13 : 9780521640749
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Oct 14, 1999. Etat : gebraucht; wie neu. Hardcover mit Schutzumschlag, diese im Rücken etwas lichtverbleicht, ansonsten ungebraucht. N° de réf. du vendeur 63-6-111
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A Reference Grammar of Spoken Tamil
Edité par
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1999
ISBN 10 : 0521640741
ISBN 13 : 9780521640749
Ancien ou d'occasion
Couverture rigide
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Vendeur : Overhall Grove Books, Elsworth, Cambridgeshire, Royaume-Uni
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Hardcover. Etat : As New. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. 1st Edition. Almost new copy of A Reference Grammar of Spoken Tamil by Harold F. Schiffman. Hardback with dust jacket. The book appears little used. Binding firm and square. Pages clean and bright throughout. No inscriptions, marks or annotations observed. Dust jacket present and in very good condition with only the lightest signs of handling. This substantial linguistic study examines the standard spoken form of Tamil, a major Dravidian language spoken by tens of millions of people in India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Singapore. The spoken language differs strikingly from the classical literary standard codified in the medieval period, and this work provides one of the first systematic grammars of the modern spoken variety. Schiffman draws on extensive native speaker consultation and many years of teaching Tamil to English speaking students. The work is therefore valuable both to professional linguists and to serious students of modern Tamil. A notable feature is the consistent presentation of examples both in Tamil script and in transliteration, making the material accessible even to readers who are still acquiring the script. The grammar describes phonology, morphology and syntax in a clear reference format, with numerous illustrative examples from everyday speech. Contents include Phonology and transliteration The nominal system The Tamil verb phrase Pronouns and pro forms Adjectives Syntax introduction Complex syntax and related topics Appendix Literary Tamil equivalents of spoken Tamil paradigms Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1999. A valuable reference work for linguists, students of Dravidian languages, and anyone interested in the structure of modern spoken Tamil. N° de réf. du vendeur 260420521640741
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