TY - BOOK ID - 138371954 TI - Tamil PY - 2016 SN - 0674974654 0674974670 PB - Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Tamil language KW - Tamil (Indic people) KW - Tamil literature KW - Tamil poetry KW - History. KW - Intellectual life. KW - History and criticism. KW - India KW - Civilization. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:138371954 AB - Spoken by eighty million people, Tamil is one of the great world languages, and one of the few ancient languages that survives as a mother tongue. David Shulman presents a comprehensive cultural history of Tamil, emphasizing how its speakers and poets have understood the unique features of their language over its long history. ER -