Ebook: Studies in Kashmiri linguistics

Publisher: Indian Institute of Language Studies
Publication date: 2005
Number of pages: 177
ISBN 81-86323-20-1There is a continuous interest in the study of various linguistic and sociolinguistic aspects of Kashmiri. The tradition of presenting grammatical sketches and descriptions began in the mid of nineteenth century. Modern works on the subject commenced in the sixties and continue till date
following different linguistic models. Besides linguistic studies, pedagogical materials have been prepared for learning Kashmiri as a second/foreign language. Kachru (1969, 1973) provides a grammatical description of Kashmiri, and instructional materials with notes. In his papers, he has also
described certain grammatical and sociolinguistic aspects of the Kashmiri language.