The Dura Language.
Leiden. Brill. 2016. Stock ID #175929 "In The Dura Language: Grammar & Phylogeny Nicolas Schorer provides the definite descriptive account of this hitherto poorly documented language of Lamjung, Nepal. The Dura language is effectively extinct, although attempts at revival may be undertaken by well-intentioned members of Dura ethnicity. When referring to this item please quote stockid 175929.
Colour illustrations, xviii + 456pp, appendix. Unread and as new . A very good hardback copy. Brill's Tibetan Studies Library: Languages of the Greater Himalayan Region. Volume 5/17. 24 x 16cm.
On the basis of a comprehensive study and analysis of all of the extant Dura language material, the book outlines the phonology, nominal and verbal morphology, lexical and syntactic properties as well as the phylogenetic position of the language in unprecedented detail. The result of the phylogenetic inquiry will help explain some of the sociocultural realities associated with the Dura community in Nepal and is a significant contribution to our understanding of the linguistic landscape of the Himalayas." (Publisher's blurb).
Price: $125.00 AU