Subject: theoretical & descriptive linguistics

studies in south asian linguistics : sinhala and other south asian languages james w . gair , cornell university selected and edited by barbara c . lust this volume collects twenty-nine published and unpublished papers by the linguist james gair , considered the foremost western scholar of the sri lankan languages sinhala and jaffna tamil . ranging over thirty years , his work also considers issues in a variety of indian languages , including hindi , marathi , tamil , malayalam , and bengali . the collection reflects the wide range of gair 's interests , from morpho-syntactic questions to questions regarding historical and areal linguistics , especially language contact and diglossia , and extending to language acquisition . by collecting these papers and making them newly accessible , this volume will provide an important resource not only for scholars of these languages but for linguists interested in the theoretical issues gair explores . april 1998 392 pp . ; 9 linecuts 0-19 - 509521 - 9 $ 75 . 00 oxford university press _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ for more information about linguistics titles from oxford : visit the oxford university press usa web site at http : / / www . oup-usa . org or
