Compton scattering serves as a crucial method for examining electron momentum densities in materials, utilizing the Doppler shift of scattered photons by moving electrons. This book outlines the experimental procedures, data analysis techniques, and interpretation of results, offering insights into the electronic structures and momentum densities of various titanium-based alloys and semiconductor compounds. It provides a comprehensive understanding of the underlying principles and applications of Compton scattering in material science.
South Asian linguistics is a growing and rapidly advancing field, where sophisticated linguistic analysis of well-studied languages sits alongside ongoing description and initial linguistic study of previously undescribed languages. The rich diversity of the South Asian linguistic area offers up a constant source of new linguistic data, including new challenges to existing theoretical linguistic analyses which have been developed on the basis of typologically very different European languages. This volume consists of a select set of research papers on South Asian linguistics, several of which were presented at the 35th South Asian Languages Analysis in Paris, in October 2019. These papers, written by leading scholars in South Asian linguistics, attest a diverse range of theoretical perspectives and analytical frameworks, while focusing on important issues in South Asian linguistics, showcasing the breadth of research currently being undertaken in the field. The contributions to the volume range from syntax, semantics and phonology to language description and areal typology, and cover a wide range of languages, from well-studied Indo-Aryan languages such as Hindi and Bangla, through the Dravidian language Tamil to the understudied Tibeto-Burman language Baram. Contents: Rajamathangi S.: Stripping in Tamil: The PF-deletion approach - Omkar N. Koul & Peter Edwin Hook: The noun phrase accessibility hierarchy and participial noun-modifying constructions in Hindi-Urdu, Kashmiri and Panjabi - Ghanshyam Sharma: What Hindi participles are made of? - Ali H. Birahimani, John J. Lowe: The stative primary aspect in Siraiki - Liudmila V. Khokhlova: Metaphorical shifts in Western New Indo-Aryan Languages - Boris Zakharin: On certain semantic-grammatical correspondences between the Old Indo-Aryan (OIA) and Russian - Preeti Kumari: Honorificity feature: a reanalysis of number in Bangla and Maithili - Tanima Bagchi & Rajesh Kumar: Honorification as a Directional Stabilizer in the Santal Community - Dinesh Ramoo: Feature Geometry in Classical Tamil: A Case for New Perspectives on an Old Problem - Devina Krishna: Lexical tones in Western Indo-Aryan languages - Andrea Drocco: Braj-bhāṣā and the languages of Eastern Rajasthan. In search of a history of mutual relationship - Anu Pandey: Morphophonology of Interrogative Pronouns in Kanauji and Hindi - Niladri Sekhar Dash: The Morphodynamics in Formation of Personal Pronominal Forms in the Mohanpurī Dialect Spoken across Bengal-Odisha Border - Romita Devi Ahanthem & Martin Everaert: The Status of the Baram Language in Mailung Village of Nepal - Sunil K. Bhatt: Punjabi: One Language, Two Nations, Three Religions - Marcel Courthiade: Is double (or manifold) language areal belonging conceivable for a language?
The field of South Asian linguistics has undergone considerable growth and advancement in recent years, as a wider and more diverse range of languages have become subject to serious linguistic study, and as advancements in theoretical linguistics are applied to the rich linguistic data of South Asia. In this growth and diversity, it can be difficult to retain a broad grasp on the current state of the art, and to maintain a sense of the underlying unity of the field. This volume brings together twenty articles by leading scholars in South Asian linguistics, which showcase the cutting-edge research currently being undertaken in the field, and offer the reader a comprehensive introduction to the state of the art in South Asian linguistics. The contributions to the volume focus primarily on syntax and semantics, but also include important contributions on morphological and phonological questions. The contributions also cover a wide range of languages, from well-studied Indo-Aryan languages such as Sanskrit, Hindi, Bangla and Panjabi, through Dravidian languages to endangered and understudied Tibeto-Burman languages. This collection is a must-read for all scholars interested in current trends and advancements in South Asian linguistics.
This edited volume brings together experimental studies exploring new possibilities in Hindi language teaching and applied linguistics. Comprising 16 peer-reviewed research papers, the book is divided into two parts. The first part features 9 studies that provide insights into current research on teaching Hindi as a second or foreign language. These papers, authored by both SLA researchers and experienced Hindi teachers, evaluate the effectiveness of various classroom teaching methods. The second part includes 7 articles focusing on Hindi grammar, bilingualism, code-mixing, and the use of Hindi in Indian politics. Notably, Theban and Popârlan analyze empirical data from Hindi syntax, highlighting unique syntactic typological characteristics of the language that are significant for linguists interested in typological studies. Additionally, the volume offers a detailed account of the phonology of Kanauji, a major Hindi dialect. Collectively, these papers provide a rich overview of contemporary research on Hindi. Topics covered include challenges in writing, acoustic analysis of vowels, innovative teaching methods, and the role of popular culture in language learning, among others. This comprehensive account reflects the vitality and diversity of current research in the field.
Trends in Hindi Linguistics provides a snapshot of current developments in Hindi syntax and semantics and covers topics such as definiteness marking, comparative constructions with differentials, conjunct verbs, participial relative clauses, ellipsis, scrambling, infinitives and directive strategies. Together these papers give a rich and in-depth account of the vitality of current research on Hindi.
