Malayalam is one of the four major Dravidian languages spoken principally in the southern part of India. It has a recorded history of eight centuries and is spoken by more than thirty million people on the Malabar coast of southern India This is the first detailed description of Malayalam, providing an in-depth analysis of the linguistic richness of this language.
By:
R. E. Asher
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Spine: 29mm
Weight: 960g
ISBN: 9780415643818
ISBN 10: 0415643813
Series: Descriptive Grammars
Pages: 520
Publication Date: 26 July 2012
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Primary
Language: Malayalam
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Preface, Preface, Transcription, Map of India, Map of Kerala, INTRODUCTION, CHAPTER 1. SYNTAX, CHAPTER 2. MORPHOLOGY, CHAPTER 3. PHONOLOGY, CHAPTER 4. IDEOPHONES AND INTERJECTIONS, CHAPTER 5. LEXICON, BIBLIOGRAPHY, GENERAL INDEX, MALAYALAM INDEX
R.E. Asher was Vice-Principal of the University of Edinburgh, where he held the Chair of Linguistics. In 1983 Fellowship of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi was conferred on him for services to Malayalam language and literature. T. C. Kumari was Professor and Head of the Department of English, Little Flower College, Guruvayoor, Kerala.
