Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- List of tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Note on transliteration and symbols
- List of abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Phonology: descriptive
- 3 The writing systems of the major literary languages
- 4 Phonology: historical and comparative
- 5 Word formation: roots, stems, formatives, derivational suffixes and nominal compounds
- 6 Nominals: nouns, pronouns, numerals and time and place adverbs
- 7 The verb
- 8 Adjectives, adverbs and clitics
- 9 Syntax
- 10 Lexicon
- 11 Conclusion: a summary and overview
- Bibliography
- Index of reconstructions with glosses
- General index
List of tables
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 September 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- List of tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Note on transliteration and symbols
- List of abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Phonology: descriptive
- 3 The writing systems of the major literary languages
- 4 Phonology: historical and comparative
- 5 Word formation: roots, stems, formatives, derivational suffixes and nominal compounds
- 6 Nominals: nouns, pronouns, numerals and time and place adverbs
- 7 The verb
- 8 Adjectives, adverbs and clitics
- 9 Syntax
- 10 Lexicon
- 11 Conclusion: a summary and overview
- Bibliography
- Index of reconstructions with glosses
- General index
- Type
- Chapter
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- The Dravidian Languages , pp. xii - xivPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2003