Defining a Linguistic Area : South Asia/Colin P. Masica. Reprint. New
Delhi, DC Pub., 2005, xv, 234 p., maps, tables, ISBN 81-8028-022-5.
Defining a Linguistic Area : South Asia/Colin P. Masica. Reprint. New
Delhi, DC Pub., 2005, xv, 234 p., maps, tables, ISBN 81-8028-022-5.
Contents: Preface to the new edition. 1. Introduction. 2. Word order. 3. Causative verbs. 4. Conjunctive participles. 5. Explicator compound verbs. 6. The dative construction. 7. Conclusions. Appendices: 1. Inventory of proposed Indian areal features. 2. A device for generalizing typological distance. Notes to the text. Bibliography. Index.
"Although it is certainly time for a new survey of the field, taking into account all the accumulated new fieldwork as well as new theoretical models, it does not yet exist. This remains the only general work on the subject. Even if such a work were to become available, this book will still be useful as a 'baseline', against which to measure the progress that has been made."