{"product_id":"9781108048132","title":"Comparative Grammar of the Modern Aryan Languages of India : To Wit, Hindi, Panjabi, Sindhi, Gujarati, Marathi, Oriya, and Bangali (Cambridge Library Collection - Linguistics)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Indo-Aryan language family is a branch of the Indo-European phylum, and includes Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Punjabi, Kashmiri and Gujarati. First published in 1872, this three-volume comparative grammar of the family was written by the British civil servant John Beames (1837-1902). From 1866 he spent twelve years in India, during which he gathered data for what he intended to be the first comprehensive and accurate Indo-Aryan grammar. Volume 1 focuses on phonetics and phonology. Drawing on evidence from Indo-Aryan sound systems, it shows Sanskrit to be the languages' parent, while exploring some non-Sanskritic exceptions. It also gives a detailed historical background to the languages, provides careful descriptions of their vowel and consonant systems, and explores how Indo-Aryan phonology has changed over time. Beames' findings remain central to the work of general linguists, phonologists and language typologists.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45412622401615,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":1925.0,"currency_code":"TWD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0672\/9174\/2287\/files\/9781108048132-1.jpg?v=1780448805","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.tw\/products\/9781108048132","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Taiwan","version":"1.0","type":"link"}