Expressive Morphology in the Languages of South Asia - Expressive Morphology in the Languages of South Asia -

Iconicty Complexity Eloquence Context of use Idcophones Reduplications Echo morphology Onomatopoeia Conclusion Notes References I: South Asia in comparative perspective Expressives as a semantically complex category in South Asian languages Introduction The structure of expressives Grammaticality Semantics of expressive morphology Complex semantic categories Five senses of perception (panchendriya)As ‘manner’ of an action Languages of the Himalayan region Tangkhul Naga (Tibeto-Burman)Khasi (Austroasiatic, Mon Khmer)Tai-Khamti (Tai-Kadai)Syntactic characteristics The social aspect Conclusion Abbreviations Appendix 2.1 Expressives in Himalayan languages (Panchendriya) Sense of Sound: Acoustic Noises Appendix 2.2 Expressives in Bangla Appendix 2.3 Expressive of ‘manner of walking’ in Khasi and Tangkhul Naga Notes References II: Expressives in the Indo-Aryan sphere Expressives in Hindi Total reduplication Reduplication at the limits of grammar as well as of iconicity Colour/taste adjectives: high degree, low degree or intimate statements over a given content?Partial reduplication or “echo formation”: alteration of the form affecting the notion itself The v- echo formation Derogatory undertone From mild scepticism to the playful use of the device Other alternations Conclusion Notes References Nepali expressive morphology Introduction Documenting the Nepali language Expressives vs. onomatopoeia Expressives ending in a geminate velar plosive sequence Expressives ending in a geminate retroflex plosive sequence Expressives ending in a geminate dental plosive sequence Expressives ending in a geminate palatal affricate sequence Expressives ending in a geminate bilabial plosive sequence Expressives ending in a geminate liquid or rhotic sequence Expressives ending in a geminate sibilant sequence Expressives ending in a geminate dental nasal sequence Expressives ending in a geminate velar nasal sequence Expressives ending in a geminate bilabial nasal sequence Reduplicated and rhyming expressives Monosyllabic expressives Concluding observations List of abbreviations Appendix — Journalism on the Nepali spelling controversy Notes References III: Expressives in the Dravidian family Morphosyntax of expressives in Malayalam Introduction Morphosyntax of expressives Expressive and aspect Expressive pronouns Adjectival expressive Sound, colour, tactile sense, quality, time, quantity’, and number are depicted by the adjectival expressive Verbal expressives Imperative Indicative Optative Hortative Interrogative Adverbial expressive Expressive interjections In addition to the previously discussed morphosyntactic functions, expressives have many functions in Malayalam Kinship expressives Expressives in proverbs Loan reduplication Summary Abbreviations Appendix 5.1 Expressives in Malayalam References Expressive morphology: A study of iraṭṭaikkiḷavi in Tamil Notes References IV: Expressive morphology in Tibeto-Burman Reduplication in Lamkang: Form, function, feeling General introduction About Lamkang Nominal modification Nominalized phrases Duplicated verbs Duplicated post-verb adverbials Clausal scope Onomatopoeic words Phonological patterns of reduplicated forms Conclusions Notes References The functional value of formal exuberance: Isomorphism and expressive intensification in Adi and Milang Isomorphism: principles and challenges Adi and Milang Expressive intensifiers in Adi and Milang Preliminaries, I: clause types in Adi and Milang Preliminaries, II: expressive semi-reduplication in Adi and Milang Preliminaries, III: Ideophones in Adi and Milang Overview of expressive intensifiers in Adi and Milang Basic distribution and core function of expressive intensifiers in Adi and Milang Subtypes of expressive intensifier in Adi and Milang Semantics of expressive intensifiers in Adi and Milang Functions of expressive intensifiers in Adi and Milang Alternatives to expressive intensifiers in Adi and Milang Adi and Milang expressive intensifiers and isomorphism Notes References V: The Tai presence in South Asia A study of the poetics of Tai Ahom Background - the Tai Ahom language Tai manuscripts The poetics of Tai Ahom manuscripts - case study 1: Ming Mvng Lung Phai Positional parallelism Waist rhymes Parallelism within the line Poetic examples from other texts Notes References VI The Munda world Expressives in the Munda languages Introduction Expressive formations in the Munda languages Formal subtypes of expressive formation in Munda languages Expressive forms with total or partial reduplication in Munda languages Onset overwrite patterns Vowel overwrite patterns Onset + vowel overwrite patterns Medial consonant overwrite in Munda expressive reduplication Complex patterns Can any expressive forms he reconstructed?Word families and phonesthematic templates Back formation in expressive forms Functions of expressives in Munda languages The syntax and morphology of expressives in Munda languages Summary Notes References