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1、ThispageintentionallyleftblankTHEDRAVIDIANLANGUAGESTheDravidianlanguagesarespokenbyover200millionpeopleinSouthAsiaandindiasporacommunitiesaroundtheworld,andconstitutetheworld’sfifthlargestlanguagefamily.Itconsistsofabouttwenty-sixlan-guagesintotalincludingTamil,Malay¯alam,Kan
2、na.daandTelugu,aswellas.overtwentynon-literarylanguages.Inthisbook,BhadrirajuKrishnamurti,oneofthemosteminentDravidianistsofourtimeandanHonoraryMemberoftheLinguisticSocietyofAmerica,providesacomprehensivestudyofthephonologicalandgrammaticalstructureofthewholeDravidianfamilyf
3、romdifferentaspects.Hedescribesitshistoryandwritingsystem,dis-cussesitsstructureandtypology,andconsidersitslexicon.DistantandmorerecentcontactsbetweenDravidianandotherlanguagegroupsarealsodiscussed.WithitscomprehensivecoveragethisbookwillbewelcomedbyallstudentsofDravidianlan
4、guagesandwillbeofinteresttolinguistsinvariousbranchesofthedisciplineaswellasIndologists.isaleadinglinguistinIndiaandoneoftheworld’srenownedhistoricalandcomparativelinguists,specializingintheDravidianfamilyoflanguages.HehaspublishedovertwentybooksinEngli
5、shandTeluguandoverahundredresearchpapers.HisbooksincludeTeluguVerbalBases:aComparativeandDescriptiveStudy(1961),Kon.da.orK¯ubi,aDravidianLanguage(1969),AGrammarofModernTelugu(withJ.P.L.Gwynn,1985),Language,EducationandSociety(1998)andComparativeDravidianLinguistics:CurrentPe
6、rspectives(2001).CAMBRIDGELANGUAGESURVEYSGeneraleditorsP.Austin(UniversityofMelbourne)J.Bresnan(StanfordUniversity)B.Comrie(MaxPlanckInstituteforEvolutionaryAnthropology,Leipzig)W.Dressler(UniversityofVienna)C.Ewen(UniversityofLeiden)R.Lass(UniversityofCapeTown)D.Lightfoot(U
7、niversityofMaryland)I.Roberts(UniversityofCambridge)S.Romaine(UniversityofOxford)N.V.Smith(UniversityCollege,London)Thisseriesoffersgeneralaccountsofthemajorlanguagefamiliesoftheworld,withvolumesorganisedeitheronapurelygeneticbasisoronageographicalbasis,whicheveryieldsthemos
8、tconvenientandintelligiblegroupingineachcase.Eachvolumecomparesandcontrasts
