I Kalasha del Hindu Kush: ricerche linguistiche e antropologiche
The Kalush are the last Kafirs (pagans) of Hindu Kush and speak an Indo-European language, which makes them a particularly precious resource for the Indo-European scholar. This thesis offers an in-depth study of their language and of some aspects of their culture. Starting from the data collected du...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Italian |
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Firenze
Firenze University Press
2010
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| Series: | Premio Tesi di Dottorato
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| Collection: | OAPEN - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | The Kalush are the last Kafirs (pagans) of Hindu Kush and speak an Indo-European language, which makes them a particularly precious resource for the Indo-European scholar. This thesis offers an in-depth study of their language and of some aspects of their culture. Starting from the data collected during a field study in the least well-known of the three Kalasha valleys, on the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan, the author proposes a contrastive analysis of the everyday language and that used for poetry. This analysis, and the mass of ethnographic data considered, enable the author to identify the socio-cultural reasons behind certain linguistic choices that can be observed in the poetic discourse, thus bringing to light the essence of the relations between language and culture. |
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| Item Description: | Creative Commons (cc), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/ |
| Physical Description: | 370 p. |
| ISBN: | 9788892736917 9788884538611 9788884537577 978-88-8453-757-7 |