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A Grammar of Mongsen Ao.
A Grammar of Mongsen Ao, the result of the author?s fieldwork over a ten-year period, presents the first comprehensive grammatical description of a language spoken in Nagaland, north-east India. The languages of this region remain under-documented for a number of historical reasons. During the ninet...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin :
Walter de Gruyter,
2008.
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| Colección: | Mouton Grammar Library, v. 39.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | A Grammar of Mongsen Ao, the result of the author?s fieldwork over a ten-year period, presents the first comprehensive grammatical description of a language spoken in Nagaland, north-east India. The languages of this region remain under-documented for a number of historical reasons. During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the widespread cultural practice of head-hunting discouraged outsiders from entering the Naga Hills. Shortly after Indian independence in 1947, an armed rebellion by Naga separatists and a government policy of restricting access to the troubled area ensured that. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (552 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9783110198522 3110198525 |