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1. Gulf Arabic

   By Clive Holes

   Series: Descriptive Grammars

   Published November 3rd 2011 by Routledge
2. Evenki

   By Igor Nedjalkov

   Series: Descriptive Grammars

   Evenki is one of the nine Tungusic languages spoken in Siberia and Northern China. This books gives a complete description of all this language's linguistics domains. Evenki is remarkable for both the vast area where it is spoken- from Western Siberia to the Amur regions and from the shores of the...

   Published October 5th 2010 by Routledge
3. Marathi

   By Rajeshwari Pandharipande

   Series: Descriptive Grammars

   This is a complete grammatical description of Marathi, which belongs to the Indo-European family and is spoken in Maharashtra State in India. It has around 45 million speakers, who comprise about eight per cent of the total population of India. Marathi is particularly interesting from the point of...

   Published October 4th 2010 by Routledge
4. Rapanui

   A Descriptive Grammar

   By Veronica du Feu

   Series: Descriptive Grammars

   Rapanui, the language of Easter Island, is in danger of extinction. A Polynesian language, closely related to Maori, it is spoken by less than 2000 people. This description, based on recordings made in the 1980s and on information provided by the islanders, represents Veronica De Feu's...

   Published October 4th 2010 by Routledge
5. Maori

   By Winifred Bauer

   Series: Descriptive Grammars

   This descriptive grammar provides a uniquely comprehensive description of Maori, the East Polynesian language of the indigenous people of New Zealand. Today, the language is under threat and it seems likely that the Maori of the future will differ quite considerably from the Maori of the...

   Published October 4th 2010 by Routledge
6. Hungarian

   By Istvan Kenesei, Robert M. Vago, Anna Fenyvesi

   Series: Descriptive Grammars

   Hungarian is spoken by 14-15 million people worldwide. A unique language, completely unrelated to the languages of its neighbouring countries, it boasts a grammar full of complex features and vocabulary of basically Uralic (Finno-Ugric) origin. Hungarian addresses current issues in the description...

   Published October 4th 2010 by Routledge
7. Kashmiri

   A Cognitive-Descriptive Grammar

   By Omkar N. Koul, Kashi Wali

   Series: Descriptive Grammars

   Kashmir boasts a language which challenges every field of linguistics. Kashmiri is spoken by approximately 3,000,000 people. Its syntax, similar to Germanic and other verb second languages, has raised many significant issues within current generative theories proposed by Chomsky and other prominent...

   Published October 4th 2010 by Routledge
8. Catalan

   By Jose Ignacio Hualde

   Series: Descriptive Grammars

   Among the languages of Europe spoken by bilingual communities, Catalan has a special status because of its vitality. Catalan enjoys official recognition in Catalonia, Valencia and the Balearic Islands, in spain and in the principality of Andorra. Catalan is of importance within the Romance family...

   Published July 15th 2010 by Routledge
9. Japanese

   Descriptive Grammar

   By John Hinds

   Series: Descriptive Grammars

   Published June 25th 2010 by Routledge
10. Punjabi

    By Tej Bhatia

    Series: Descriptive Grammars

    Punjabi is the language of the Punjab - the land of five rivers - of northern India and Pakistan. Primarily written in three distinct scripts, a unique feature of the language is that, along with Lahanda and the Western Pahari dialects, it is the only modern Indo-European language spoken in...

    Published May 18th 2010 by Routledge