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Gorani in Its Historical and Linguistic Context

Gorani in Its Historical and Linguistic Context

Hardcover

Series: Trends in Linguistics. Documentation [Tildoc], Book 41

Miscellaneous LanguagesLinguisticsIran History

ISBN10: 3111168689
ISBN13: 9783111168685
Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
Published: Oct 21 2024
Pages: 292
Weight: 1.30
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

Gorani refers to under-documented, endangered varieties spoken in a cluster within the Zagros mountains (Iran/Iraq). These varieties possess conservative features of importance to linguists. However, their study has been plagued by nomenclature and taxonomy issues. Traditional names for these languages have been supplanted first by orientalists' prescriptions and then by their linguist heirs. Inaccurate terminology has sewn discord between speaker communities, disturbing the sociolinguistic landscape. This volume represents the state of the art of Gorani's historical and socio-linguistics, documentation, and literature, as well as an effort to aid the decolonization of Gorani linguistics.

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