TY - BOOK ID - 50743885 TI - The Dura language PY - 2016 SN - 9789004325609 9789004326408 9004326405 9004325603 PB - Leiden Boston DB - UniCat KW - Dura language KW - Extinct languages KW - Dura (Langue) KW - Langues mortes KW - Grammar KW - History KW - Grammaire KW - Histoire KW - Nepal KW - NeĢpal KW - Languages KW - Langues KW - Dead languages KW - Languages, Extinct KW - Language and languages KW - Language obsolescence KW - Tibeto-Burman languages KW - Grammar. KW - History. KW - Lamjung (Nepal : District) KW - Lamjung District (Nepal) KW - Languages. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:50743885 AB - In The Dura Language: Grammar andamp; 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. 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. ER -