Introductory Pages - An Introduction to Spoken Kashmiri

PREFACE I
An Introduction to Spoken Kashmiri
by Braj B. Kachru
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ................................................................................ III
ABOUT THE AUTHOR.....................................................................................V
SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS ................................................................ VI
NOTES ON THE PLAN OF THIS MANUAL ....................................................VII
STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK ..........................................................................VII
STRUCTURE OF EACH LESSON .....................................................................VII
STYLE OF SPEECH ................................................................................... VIII
VARIANT FORMS .................................................................................... VIII
CULTURE NOTES..................................................................................... VIII
GRAMMAR VIII
GRADING OF MATERIALS ............................................................................IX
TRANSLATIONS .........................................................................................IX
VOCABULARY AND GLOSSARY ...................................................................... IX
CONTENTS OF PART II ...............................................................................IX
I. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................1
A SOCIOLINGUISTIC PROFILE OF KASHMIRI....................................................1
Introduction........................................................................................ 1
Area and Speakers .............................................................................. 1
Origin of Kashmiri ............................................................................... 1
DIALECTS OF KASHMIRI ..............................................................................3
Geographical Dialects ......................................................................... 3
Sanskritized and Persianized Dialects ................................................ 4
Pronunciation.........................................................................................................5
Lexis .....................................................................................................................5
Morphology............................................................................................................6
Standard Kashmiri .............................................................................. 6
II. THE SOUNDS OF KASHMIRI ..................................................................10
VOWELS 10
Nasalized Vowels..................................................................................................13
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