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Hardcover. Zustand: New. 1st Edition. Contents: Foreword. 1. Introduction. 2. Tamil. 3. Telugu. 4. Malayalam. 5. French. 6. Cultural and Spiritual Aspects of Puducherry. Index. The People s Linguistic 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 presents to the reader the multiethnic, multicultural and multilingual nature of the Union Territory of Puducherry and the history and the status of the languages in Puducherry. Formerly known as Pondicherry, Puducherry has been greatly influenced by French culture and language which can still be seen in the wide use of French in the region. The Union Territory comprises four small unconnected districts-Puducherry, Karaikal, Yanam and Mahe. Each region has its dominant language as the local official language (Tamil in Puducherry and Karaikal, Malayalam in Mahe and Telugu in Yanam). This volume also highlights the spiritual identity of the region.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Contents: Acknowledgements. 1. The living Indian languages. 2. Language: speech and writing. 3. What is the people's linguistic survey? 4. The PLSI process. 5. The being of Bhasha. References. Appendices. Index. 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, spoken in India's remotest corners. India's towns and cities too have found a voice in this survey. What this journey did was to bring a groundswell of support from people from all walks of life, leading to The Being of Bhasha.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Contents: Foreword. Introduction- Divide and Rue: The English Language in India/T. Vijay Kumar. Part I: English in India. 1. English in India: origins and early contact/Parimala Kulkarni. 2. English as the language of administration, knowledge, freedom and modernity/Sachidananda Mohanty. 3. English and the Indian languages debate/K. Narayana Chandran. 4. English writing in India/Shyamala A. Narayan. 5. English literature and Indian literature interface/K. Narayana Chandran. 6. English as a language of livelihood and as an aspirational language/V.B. Tharakeshwar. 7. English medium of instruction at as the school/A. Giridhar Rao. 8. English as alienating language vs. empowering language: student perceptions of English - a case study/Mala Pandurang. 9. English journalism, media and films/Nikhila H. 10. The gender of English in India/Rekha Pappu. 11. English as a first language in India/E. Annamalai. Part II: Other International Languages. 12. The Chinese Language in India/D. P. Pattanayak. 13. The French language in India/Edith Melo Furtado. 14. German in India/Amita Desai. 15. The Japanese language in India/P. A. George. 16. The Japanese language in India: a reflection/Tomo Kawane. 17. Korean in India/Kim Do-young. 18. The Portuguese language in India/Maria do Céu Barreto. 19. Russian in India/J. Prabhakar Rao and Sheetal Anand. 20. Spanish in India/Ranjeeva Ranjan. Appendices. Index. English and Other International Languages (People s Linguistic Survey of India, Volume 37) discusses the status of English and other foreign languages which continue to have a presence in India. While Section I discusses the complex progression of English in the Indian linguistic scene and its increasing acceptance among the people here, Section II describes the status and development of eight other international languages in use in India. The volume also observes how India s engagement with foreign cultures has enriched the multilingual mosaic of the country.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. 1st Edition. Contents: Foreword. Introduction. I. Scheduled Languages: 1. Hindi. 2. Hindi Language and Literature in Haryana. 3. Punjabi in Haryana. 4. Urdu in Haryana. II. Non-Scheduled Languages: 5. Ahirwati. 6. Bagri. 7. Bangru. 8. Kauravi. 9. Mewati. 10. Oral Tradition of Haryana. 11. Folk and Liberal Literature. Bibliography. Index. 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. The Languages of Haryana (volume ten, part two) covers the languages that are spoken in the state of Haryana. The book gives a detailed description of Hindi as well as Hindi language and literature. In addition, the volume gives information about the contribution of Haryana to the development of Punjabi and Urdu language and literature. Other languages, spoken in Haryana like Ahirwati, Bagri, Bangru, Kauravi and Mewati are also described in detail. (jacket).

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Contents: Foreword. Introduction Tongue in Check: Indian Languages Abroad. 1. Native Languages in Non-native Lands. 2. On Not Forgetting my Mother Tongue: The Tamil Language from a Trans-diasporic Perspective. 3. Bangla Round the World. 4. Punjabi Language Outside India. 5. The Indian Languages of the Indians in Singapore. 6. Cutchi and Gujarati Languages in Eastern Africa. 7. Gulf Malayalam Dialect and the Malayali Diaspora in the Arabian Gulf. 8. Hindi in the Fiji Islands. 9. The Story of Trinidad Bhojpuri. 10. Mauritian Bhojpuri Language and Culture: Ideology and Representations. 11. An Autoethnographic Reflection on Telugu Language, Culture and Diaspora in South Africa. 12. The Dispersion of Honey: Telugu in the Diaspora. 13. Use and Maintenance of Kannada in the United States. 14. Language, Ethnicity, and Socialisation in the Gujarati Diaspora in the United States. Index. The People s Linguistic Survey of India provides an overview of the extant and dying languages of India, as perceived by their speakers. It is the culmination of a nation-wide survey of languages, documented by linguists, writers, social activists and, most importantly, members of different speech communities. The work chronicles the evolution of these languages until 2011 and incorporates their socio-political and cultural dimensions. Critically, it encapsulates the world view of the speakers of the languages. Diasporic communities strive to find or forge a language that speaks of their specific cultural experience, which is a blend of loss and discovery. Diaspora language, therefore, is characterised by both resilience and compliance. Considering the heterogeneity of the Indian diaspora, it is not surprising that the status of Indian languages varies significantly in different diasporic locations. The contributors to the present volume, who are located in different parts of the world, explore a range of language situations and histories. They provide a conceptual overview of native languages in non-native lands, and analyses of one language in multiple locations, multiple languages in one location, and other such complex contexts. The volume covers language situations in locations such as Trinidad, East Africa, USA, Canada, Singapore and the Arabian Gulf. This volume, the forty-seventh in the series People s Linguistic Survey of India, seeks to capture the language experience in a diasporic location, and to offer a snapshot, a state-of-the-language report.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Contents: The People s Linguistic Survey of India. The National Editorial Collective. List of Volumes. Foreword. A Nation Proud of Its Language Diversity: Chief Editor s Introduction. Political Map of Rajasthan. Introduction to the Volume. Contributors to the Volume. An Appeal to Readers. Language Map of Rajasthan. List of Languages Covered in this Volume. 1. Bagadi. 2. Bajigari. 3. Bikaneri. 4. Brajbhasha. 5. Daang. 6. Deshwali. 7. Dhati. 8. Dhavari. 9. Dhundhari. 10. Ghachi. 11. Gorwari. 12. Hadauti. 13. Jagrauti. 14. Mar. 15. Marwari. 16. Merwari. 17. Mewari. 18. Mewati. 19. Mirasi. 20. Nagarchali. 21. Pachwara. 22. Sansi. 23. Sarayaki. 24. Shekhawati. 25. Sindhi. 26. Talheti. 27. Thali. 28. Vagadi. Index. 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 of the People s Linguistic Survey of India, The Languages of Rajasthan recognises all the languages spoken in Rajasthan within its geographical boundary. The languages have been identified on the basis of people s knowledge and they have been accorded the status of independent languages, avoiding the distinction between language, dialect and sub-dialect. An important feature of this survey is that people have been given the freedom to name their languages.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Contents: Foreword. 1. Sanskrit: An Introduction/Avadhesh K. Singh. 2. Sanskrit: A Brief Overview/Shakuntala Gawde. 3. Origin of the Sanskrit Language/Shakuntala Gawde. 4. Sanskrit: Theories of its Evolution/Vivek M. Bhat. 5. Pali, Prakrit and Apabhramsha as Cornerstones of Sanskrit/Ajay Kumar Singh. 6. Sanskrit as a Carrier of India's Cultural Continuity/Shashiprabha Kumar. 7. Sanskrit Knowledge Traditions/Kapil Kapoor. 8. Sanskrit Linguistics/Kapil Kapoor. 9. Sanskrit Aesthetics and Ethics/Kapil Kapoor. 10. Sanskrit Poetics/Kapil Kapoor. 11. History of Sanskrit Criticism/Avadhesh K. Singh. 12. Myths Related to Writing in Sanskrit/Vijay Pandya. 13. Early 'Kavya' in Sanskrit/Vijay Pandya. 14. Epics (Mahakavyas) and Early Drama in Sanskrit/Vijay Pandya. 15. Contribution of Women Writers to Sanskrit and its Affiliate Prakrit and Pali Literatures/Manibhai K. Prajapati. 16. The Colonial Interest in Sanskrit and its Impact on Western Linguistics/Satyapal Singh. 17. Sanskrit Studies and Indology/Vijay Pandya. 18. Initiation into Sanskrit Learning: Ritual of Upanayana (Initiation)/Gauri Mahulikar. 19. Svadhyaya as a Mode of Learning in Sanskrit/Vladimir Yatsenko. 20. Sanskrit in the Middle of the Twentieth Century/K. K. Handiqui. 21. Sanskrit Literature in the Twenty-first Century/Harshdev Madhav. 22. Sanskrit in/and Digital Age/Jagdish Sharma. Appendices. Bibliography. Index. Sanskrit, along with Tamil and Pali, is an Indian language of ancient origin. Though it is no longer in active use, its contribution towards shaping various modern Indian languages has been substantial. This volume of the People's Linguistic Survey of India, Sanskrit (volume thirty-six), provides an analytical view of the origin, development and decline of the language. It also presents the philosophy of language and linguistics that emerged within the Sanskrit tradition. Edited by the late Professor Avadhesh Kumar Singh, the volume will be an invaluable contribution towards a serious study of the history and the literary contribution of the Sanskrit language.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Contents: Foreword. Introduction to the Volume. 1. Abujhmadiya. 2. Baigani. 3. Bhatari. 4. Chhattisgarhi. 5. Dandami Madiya. 6. Dewar (Parsi). 7. Dhurvi (Parji). 8. Dorli. 9. Ghotul Muriya. 10. Gondi. 11. Halbi. 12. Kamari. 13. Kurukh. 14. Munda. 15. Pando. 16. Pardhi. 17. Sargujiha. Index. The Languages of Chhattisgarh (volume seven, part two) of the People's Linguistic Survey of India discusses the Non-Scheduled languages spoken and in use in Chhattisgarh. The volume is a novel attempt to document the languages of the state--each chapter is dedicated to a language and explores its history, statistics of usage, linguistic characteristics, grammatical features, folklore and vocabulary; multiple examples are provided to give the reader as broad a sense of the language as possible.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: New. 1st Edition. Contents: Part -I: 1.Introduction. 2. Malayalam. 3. Minor Languages of Kerala.4. Tribal Languages. Part-II: 5. Introduction. 6. Lakshadweep Malayalam. 7. Mahal. This 15th volume of the People s Linguistic Survey of India seeks to portray the history and evolution of Malayalm, the majority language of the state. It also looks at Dweep Malayalam, spoken in Lakshadweep, which varies considerably from the variety spoken on the mainland. The volume also looks at the tribal languages spoken in the state and tries to adopt a people s perspective towards its description.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. 1st Edition. Contents: Foreword. A Nation Proud of Its Language Diversity: Chief Editor s Introduction. Part I: Scheduled Language. 1. Santhali. Part II: Non-Scheduled Languages: 2. Angika. 3. Asuri. 4. Bhumij. 5. Birajiya. 6. Birhor. 7. Gondi. 8. Ho. 9. Khadiya. 10. Khortha. 11. Korwa. 12. Kudukh. 13. Kurmali. 14. Mal Paharia. 15. Mundari. 16. Nagpuri. 17. Panchpargania. 18. Shabar. Index. List of tables and figures. 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. The Languages of Jharkhand documents all the indigenous languages that are spoken in the state. The main objective of this volume is to bring the predominantly tribal languages of Jharkhand into focus and attempt to preserve them in their authenticity.

Soft cover. Zustand: New. Contents Acknowledgements IntroductionK K Chakravarty 1 Understanding Indigenous Struggles The Limitations of Postcolonial TheoryBonita Lawrence and Enakshi Dua 2 Endangered Indigenous Traditions of the Urhobo People of the Niger DeltaGodini G Darah 3 From the Postcolonial to the Globalized Language Revitalization in AotearoaNew Zealand and EireIrelandMuiris Ó Laoire 4 Rewriting Columbus Coatlicue?s Dramatization of Mexican Indigenous HistoryChristiane Schlote 5 Contemporary Yoruba Funeral A Discursive Personal NarrativeF Odun Balogun 6 Multilingualism in Modern South African PoetryManfred Loimeier 7 Cultural Identity and Rewriting the Past Contemporary South African LiteraturesMonika Reif-Huelser 8 Gender Violence in Postcolonial Aboriginal Communities Indigenous and White PerceptionsSue Ryan-Fazilleau 9 The Place of the Folk Tale in a Changing SocietyHelen Oronga Aswani Mwanzi10 In Search of Wisdom Transformations in Indigenous and Postcolonial DiscoursesVera Alexander 11 The Ethnopoetics of Irular BalladsA Chellaperumal and Sujatha Vijayraghavan12 Gender and Empowerment The Folklore of GarhwalSatish C Aikant13 Ngugi?s Indigenous Language Novels Women and the National CauseJoseph McLaren 14 Colonial Narrative and Indigenous Consciousness Raja Rao?s Kanthapura and Ignazio Silone?s FontamaraStefano Mercanti15 A Green Postcolonial Reading of Kocharethi and Mother ForestTom Thomas 16 Carib Palimpsests in Derek Walcott?s Collected PoemsKerry-Jane Wallart17 Indigenous Hatred and Fear Edwidge Danticat?s The Dew BreakerFlorence Labaune-Demeule18 Vaacha Voice and Memory in the MuseumBrian Coates and Eileen Coates19 Indigenous Voices in Australian Universities Towards a Collaborative PedagogyJulian Silverman 20 Education in a Second Language Struggles and Achievements of Betta Kurumbar ChildrenJ Daniel Selvaraj 21 Mahasweta Devi and the Tribal A Creative DiscourseBodh Prakash 22 Narrating Tribal Entity Mavelimantam Kocharethi OoralikkudiAsha Susan Jacob 23 Reading Maracle?s Sundogs Indigenous Subalternity and ResistanceShaily Mudgal 24 Can the Bollywood Film Speak to the SubalternAjay Gehlawat 25 Sound in the Aboriginal Australian Films of Rolf de HeerBruno Starrs 26 Living and Learning in a New Language and Culture A Linguist?s ExperiencesAnnie Vinod WilsonVoice and Memory Indigenous Imagination and Expression is a companion volume to Indigeneity Culture and Representation The essays present a critical enquiry into the cultures and literatures of indigenous communities They deal with their stories of colonial experience their marginalization and their struggles to avert the decline of their socio-cultural status and the emergence of their voice in the respective national literature Rather than seeking succour from a human rights regime Aboriginal peoples have consistently looked for lessons of environmental balance and social regeneration in their own literature knowledge systems and cultural traditions The essays in this volume show how these groups have acknowledged internalized and adapted to their own idiom linguistic and cultural nuances and expressions left behind as a relic of colonial presence Further in their endeavour to analyze the reasons behind their alienation they have consistently been self critical holding the white colonists responsible for their current situation but recognizing and narrating instances of complicity of Aboriginal elders in the persecution of their women Running through the volume is the view that the indigenous people are agents rather than objects of change They have the capacity to classify codify and present their knowledge and perceive and evaluate changes in the environment The essays also highlight the rejection by Aboriginal groups of the prevailing view of their cultural heritage as a "social problem" at odds with the imperatives of contemporary existenceThis book is a celebration of indigenous cultures rooted in their physical and cultural environment rather than an archival repository or.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. 1st Edition. Contents: Foreword. I. Scheduled Language: Manipuri. II. Non-Scheduled Languages: 2. Aimol. 3. Anal. 4. Chiru. 5. Chothe. 6. Gangte. 7. Hmar. 8. Inpui. 9. Kharam. 10. Koireng. 11. Kom. 12. Lamkang. 13. Liangmai. 14. Mao. 15. Maram. 16. Monsang. 17. Moyon. 18. Poumai. 19. Rongmei. 20. Tangkhul. 21. Tarao. 22. Tedim Chin. 23. Thadou. 24. Thangal. 25. Vaiphei. 26. Zou. Index. 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 documents the variety of languages prevalent in the state of Manipur, so as to preserve them in this globalised world, where migration and other factors are resulting in loss of languages. Critically, the book encapsulates the world view of the speakers of the discussed languages. This book also attempts to showcase diversity in languages spoken in the state by contextualising the language wealth in its social ecology. The majority of the languages spoken in the state belong to the Tibeto-Burman language family. The Austro-Asiatic, Dravidian and Indo-Aryan language families also find representation in the state. (jacket).

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Contents: Foreword. A Nation Proud of Its Language Diversity: Chief Editor s Introduction. Part I: Languages in the Eighth Schedule. 1. Dogri/Veena Gupta. 2. Kashmiri/Omkar N. Koul and Roop Krishen Bhat. Part II: Non-Scheduled and Minor Languages. 3. Balti/Irshad Ahmad Naikoo. 4. Bhadrawahi/Pritam Krishen Kaul. 5. Brokskat/N. Ramaswami. 6. Burushaski/Sanna Usman. 7. Gojri/Javaid Rahi. 8. Kishtawari/Omkar N. Koul. 9. Kohistani/Parvaiz Ahmad Ganai. 10. Ladakhi/Konchok Tashi. 11. Pashtu/Aejaz Mohammed Sheikh and Sameer Ahmad Kuchey. 12. Poguli/Neelofar Hussain Wani and Aadil Amin Kak. 13. Punchi/Updesh Kour. 14. Sheikha Gal/Rahila Safdar. 15. Shina/Musavir Ahmed and Tanveer Ahmed. 16. Siraji/Shabir Ahmed Bhat and Sahar Niaz. Part III: Other Languages. 17. Sanskrit in Kashmir/T. N. Dhar Kundan. 18. Persian Influence on Kashmiri/Omkar N. Koul. 19. Hindi-Urdu and Kashmiri/Omkar N. Koul. 20. Hindi in Jammu & Kashmir/Rattan Lal Shant. 21. Urdu in Kashmir/Nazir Ahmed Dhar. Index. This twelfth volume of the People s Linguistic Survey of India attempts to document the languages of the State of Jammu & Kashmir. The book is divided into three parts-the first part covers the scheduled languages, Dogri and Kashmiri, the second part, the non-scheduled and minor languages and the third part is devoted to Sanskrit, Persian, Hindi and Urdu which have played an important role in the state and also influenced local languages. In the discussions about the languages, there is information about their contemporary status, their historical evolution and structural aspects.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: New. 1st Edition. Contents: Foreword . Introduction. Part I : Khasi. 1. Standard Khasi. 2. The Pnar Variety of Khasi in the Jaiñtia Hills. 3. The Nongtalang, Darrang and Umladang Varieties of the Southern Jaintia Hills. 4. The Biate and Hadem Languages of the Eastern and Northern Jaiñtia Hills. 5. The Lasa lapngar, Nongbri and Mnar Varieties of Ri-Bhoi . 6. The Mikir, Tiwa and Marngar Languages of Ri-bhoi .7. The Nongkrem Variety of the Central Upland Region in East Khasi Hills. 8. The Khadar Blang, Nongshken and Umñiuh-Tmar Varieties of the Ri War (Valley Dwellers) in the Eastern Khasi Hills. 9. The Shella Variety of the Ri War (Valley Dwellers) in the South-Central Khasi Hills. 10. The Mawsynram, Phlangwanbroi, Warding, Mawpen Varieties Transition from the Hill to Valley Varieties in the South-Central Khasi Hills.11. The Mairang, Maram, Lyngngam and Langrin Varieties of the Western Khasi Hills. Part II : Garo. 12. Introduction to the Garo Language and its Varieties. 13. The A.we/A.kawe Variety of the Northern Garo Hills. 14. The Chisak Variety of the Eastern Garo Hills. 15. The Matabeng and Matchi Varieties of the Garo Hills.16. The A.beng Variety of the Western Garo Hills. 7. The Atong, Dual, Gara-Gan.ching, Chibok and Ruga Varieties of the Southern Garo Hills. Index. This nineteenth volume of the People s Linguistic Survey of India attempts to document the languages of the State of Meghalaya, beginning at the grassroots and involving speakers from all walks of life, so as to bring to readers the linguistic and cultural heritage of the state. Apart from the dominant languages spoken in the state, Khasi, Pnar and Garo, the varieties of these languages too are described in great detail. Care has been taken to record the voices of the informants in the true nature of the survey, so that the volume is not a mere cataloguing of languages, but mirrors the spirit and world view of the speakers. For languages are an extension of people s existence and being. In the discussions about the languages, there is information about their contemporary status, while the sections on the main languages also contain information about their historical evolution and structural aspects. The linguistic maps included in the volume also give a general idea of areas where the main languages are spoken. It is hoped that this volume will not only engage the reader, but will also stand as testimony to a people s search for their roots.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Contents: Preface. Section I: Ecology and Conservation: 1. Biogeographic origins and habitat use of the butterflies of the Western Ghats/Krushnamegh Kunte. 2. Regional scale participatory monitoring of butterflies: A case study from the Western Ghats/K.A. Subramanian, K. Geetha Nayak, Madhav Gadgil, KP Achar, Acharya, K.N. Deviprasad etc. 3. Community analysis of the butterflies of Anaikatty Hills, the Western Ghats, India/R. Eswaran and P. Pramod. 4. Patterns of temporal variations observed in butterfly communities at puddle sites/Ravi Ramalingam. 5. Ants of the Western Ghats: What we know and know not/Parthiba Basu. 6. Mayflies (Ephemeroptera) of the Western Ghats: Biogeographic patterns and diversity profiles/K.G. Sivaramakrishnan and K.A. Subramanian. 7. Mygalomorph spiders: Status review and conservation priorities in the Western Ghats/Manju Siliwal and Sanjay Molur. 8. Population ecology and spatial distribution of gall mite Eriophyes sp. (Eriophyidae: Acari) on Canthium parviflorum (Rubiaceae)/Uma Ramachandran. 9. Diversity importance and conservation of pill millipedes (Sphaerotheriida, Diplopoda) of the Western Ghats/K.R. Sridhar. 10. Ecology, diversity and distribution of centipedes (Scoloperndromorpha: Chilopoda) in Northern Western Ghats/Jahnavi Joshi and Neelesh Dahanukar. 11. Perturbation in the patterns of land snail diversity due to anthropogenic disturbance in wet evergreen forests of the Western Ghats/K.P. Rajashekhar and N.A. Aravind. 12. Employing butterflies as cultural keystone species a window of opportunity towards enriching urban biodiversity in Bangalore/M. Soubadra Devy and Savitha Swamy. 13. Ant diversity responses to changing land-use forms in the central Western Ghats/Priyadarsanan Dharma Rajan and Aniruddha P. Marathe. Section II: Taxonomy and Diversity: 14. Forest insect diversity of the Western Ghats: An appraisal with special reference to the Kerala part/George Mathew and R.S.M. Shamsudeen. 15. The faunal diversity of chalcid wasps of the Western Ghats/T.C. Narendran and Mercy Ignatius. 16. Platygastroidea (Hymenoptera of the Western Ghats/K. Rajmohana. 17. The true flies (Diptera) of the Western Ghats: knowledge status and richness estimates/Kumar Ghorpade. 18. Gerromorpha and Nepomorpha (Hemiptera) diversity in the Western Ghats/G. Thirumalai and S. Krishnan. 19. Species diversity of whiteflies (Aleyrodidae: Hemiptera) in the Western Ghats/R. Sundararaj and A.K. Dubey. 20. Diversity of spiders (Araneae) in the Western Ghats an overview/P.A. Sebastian, A.V. Sudhikumar, M.J. Mathew and E. Sunish. 21. Opiliones and opilioacarid diversity in the Western Ghats/N.P.I. Das. 22. Freshwater copepods of Peninsular India/Shaju Thomas and Sasikala K. Joseph. Subject Index. The diversity and behavioural repertoire of invertebrates has always been inspiring for amateur naturalists and professional scientists. All over the world, this fascination for invertebrates has been encouraging studies on diverse invertebrates, helping us understand many fundamental biological processes, including ecology and evolution. Unfortunately, this is also the period of unprecedented loss of invertebrate diversity due to agrochemicals and deforestation. Globally, there is an increasing concern over the loss of invertebrate diversity. This loss of invertebrate populations across ecosystems has serious impact on ecosystem health and livelihood of dependent communities. Like many other tropical countries, very little is known about the diversity and distribution of invertebrates from India. This poor understanding of our invertebrate diversity is amply reflected in our national and regional conservation policies and goals, which is essentially formulated for large and charismatic vertebrates. This edited volume provides an overview of ongoing studies on the diversity, ecology, evolution, behaviour and conservation of invertebrates in the Western Ghats (India).

Hardcover. Zustand: New. 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 discusses some interesting features of the languages spoken in the valleys, hills and terrains of Assam. It discusses features of Scheduled, Non-scheduled, and other languages of the state. The volume lists how these languages are in use in day-to-day life of the people there. It also includes folktales, folk songs to tell the reader about the rich culture of Assam.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Contents: Foreword. Part I: Scheduled Languages. 1. Hindi. 2. Nepali. 3. Urdu. 4. Sindhi. Part II: Non-Scheduled Languages. 5. Awadhi. 6. Bagheli. 7. Baiswari Awadhi. 8. Bhojpuri. 9. Brajbhasha. 10. Bundeli. 11. Illahabadi. 12. Kannauji. 13. Kauravi. 14. Tharu. Part III: Other Languages. 15. Chamarmangata. 16. The Language of Mahavats. 17. The Language of Nats and Kanjars. 18. The World of Secret Tongues: The Languages of Nishads and Pandas. Appendix. Index. Commonly referred to as the Hindi heartland , Uttar Pradesh is the most populous and the fourth largest state of India. Its linguistic tapestry is unique as it is home to not just Hindi and a host of other Scheduled and Non-Scheduled languages, but also to some secret tongues, devised purely to communicate within smaller communities by their members. This volume, People s Linguistic Survey of India, The Languages of Uttar Pradesh (volume twenty-nine, part two) focusses on the majority as well as minority languages of the state: linguistic characteristics, grammatical features, folklore and vocabulary of various languages are discussed to give readers as broad a sense of the languages as possible.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Contents: Foreword. Introduction. Part I: Scheduled Languages: 1. Bangla. 2. Bodo. 3. Nepali. 4. Santhali. 5. Urdu. Part II: Non-Scheduled Languages. 6. Baigani. 7. Bedia. 8. Birhorh. 9. Dhimal. 10. Dukpa. 11. Garo. 12. Kharia Sabar. 13. Kol Hayam. 14. Kora. 15. Kurmali. 16. Kurukh (Oraon). 17. Lepcha. 18. Limbu. 19. Lodha Sabar. 20. Mahali Alakhand. 21. Malpaharia. 22. Mundari. 23. Rabha/Kocha Krau. 24. Rajbanshi. 25. Sadri. 26. Sherpa. 27. Tamang. 28. Toto. 29. The Endangered Languages of North Bengal. Index. The People s Linguistic Survey of India provides an overview of the extant and dying languages of India, as perceived by their speakers. It is the culmination of a nation-wide survey of languages, documented by linguists, writers, social activists and, most importantly, members of different speech communities. The work chronicles the evolution of these languages until 2011, and incorporates their socio-political and cultural dimensions. Critically, it encapsulates the world view of the speakers of the languages. The state of West Bengal is unique in that the languages spoken in the state belong to four different language families Austroasiatic, Dravidian, Indo-European and Tibeto-Burman. The geographical location of the state and its contiguity with other states and countries contributes to the wide variety and richness of languages in the state. The Languages of West Bengal documents not only the five Scheduled languages spoken in the state (Bangla, Bodo, Santhali, Nepali and Urdu) but also 23 Non-Scheduled languages spoken there. This volume also includes a chapter on nine endangered languages of north Bengal.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. 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. Maharashtra is India s third largest state and also its most industrialised. This volume informs the reader about the variety of languages that are prevalent and in use in the state. One of its interesting features is that it discusses the varieties of Marathi in use, and also different tribal languages. Apart from this, it also details the languages of nomadic communities and also has a chapter on the code language of the nomads.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Contents: Foreword. Part I: Scheduled Languages. 1. Hindi. 2. Maithili. 3. Nepali Samar Sinha and Balaram Pandey. 4. Santali. 5. Urdu Ehtisham Akhtar (Translated by Vibha S. Chauhan). Part II: Non-Scheduled Languages. 6. Angika Ramesh Mohan Sharma Atmavishwas (Translated by Prashant Mishra). 7. Bajjika. 8. Bhojpuri Vibha S. Chauhan. 9. Magadhi/Magahi. 10. Surjapuri Vibha S. Chauhan. Part III: Tribal Languages. 11. Asuri Vibha S. Chauhan. 12. Birhor Vibha S. Chauhan. 13. Ho Damyanti Sinku. 14. Korwa Hari Oraon. 15. Kurukh/Kudukh Hari Oraon and Shanti Khalkho. 16. Mal Pahariya. 17. Mundari Bisheshwar Munda and Birendra Kumar Soy. Bibliography. Index. Bihar is one of the larger, more populous states in what is popularly known as the Hindi belt of India. There is close contact between the languages of Bihar, West Bengal and Odisha as there has always been an intermingling of culture, language and literature among these states. This has significantly enhanced the linguistic diversity of Bihar. This volume of the People s Linguistic Survey of India, The Languages of Bihar (volume six, part two), discusses the Tribal, Scheduled and Non-Scheduled languages spoken in the state, with special emphasis on the tribal languages.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Contents: Foreword. Section I: Gujarati and its Regional and Social Varieties. 1. The Emergence of Gujarati. Charotari Meghval Pattani Saurashtri/Sorathi Surati. Section II: Other Scheduled Languages and Major Non-Scheduled Languages. 2. Sindhi. 3. Jataki. 4. Mutvaki. 5. Urdu. 6. Kutchi. 7. Arabic and Persian: A Note. Section III: Tribal Languages. 8. Airani. 9. Ambudi. 10. Charani. 11. Chaudhari. 12. Dangi. 13. Dehwali. 14. Dhodia. 15. Dungara Bhili. 16. Dungri Bhili. 17. Gamit. 18. Garasia. 19. Gorpa. 20. Kathodi. 21. Kolgha. 22. Koli. 23. Kotli. 24. Konkana. 25. Mavchi. 26. Panchmahali Bhili. 27. Rathwi. 28. Siddi. 29. Tadavi. 30. Talavia Rathod. 31. Vasavi. 32. Warli. Section IV: The Languages of Denotified, Nomadic and Coastal Communities. 33. Bahurupi. 34. Bhantu. 35. Chamthi. 36. Dafer. 37. Kharava. 38. Madari. 39. Mangeli. 40. Memani. 41. Mirasi. 42. Nayaki. 43. Sandhi. 44. Thori. 45. Vadi. 46. Vanjari. Index. Gujarat, with the longest coastline in the country, is also one of the largest states of India. The union territory of Diu & Daman and Dadra & Nagar Haveli is closely associated with the state as well. Due to years of migratory influences, this vast area is a melting pot of people, cultures and languages, and this makes it uniquely diverse. Though Gujarati is spoken by the majority, there are a number of languages that make up the linguistic matrix. This volume of the People's Linguistic Survey of India, The Languages of Gujarat, Diu & Daman and Dadra & Nagar Haveli (volume nine, part two) sheds light on not just Gujarati and its varieties, but also other Scheduled and Non-Scheduled languages, Tribal languages, and most importantly, the languages of Denotified, Nomadic and Coastal communities in use in the state as well as the union territory. It is hoped that the volume will draw attention to the distinct linguistic environment and the harmony with which these languages coexist in this part of the country.