A Grammar of Khowar: Descriptive and comparative analysis
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An introductory chapter presents the language in its genetic, geographical, and typological contexts, and its multi-layered lexicon. There follow chapters on phonology, word formation and derivational morphology, nominal morphology, deictic elements, the verbal system, adjectival modification, adverbial modification, morphosyntax, and morphosemantics. This final chapter is a distillation of features of the language that are central to understanding how it conceives of and portrays the world.
In addition to grammatical analysis and discussion, A Grammar of Khowar features numerous original example sentences, mostly contributed by senior, highly competent speakers of the language. A significant number of examples are drawn from oral texts recorded by the author in several villages. They are presented in roman representation and are accompanied by a complete morphological analysis and English translation.
Additionally, an Appendix contains a 30-page sample text, presented first in Khowar’s Perso-Arabic script then by roman-based morphological analysis and an English translation by the author.
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About the author
Elena Bashir holds a PhD in linguistics from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. Her dissertation is on the Kalasha language, closely related to Khowar. In addition, she has published on other languages of northern Pakistan. She has recently retired after teaching Urdu at the University of Chicago for 19 years.
