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ARCHAEOLOGY/ LANGUAGE ...Michael Willis, British Museum, London.43 B&W illustrations 4 maps9780521765459 390pp HB ` 995.00The Rise of Civilizationin India and PakistanBridget Allchin & RaymondAllchinIn The Rise of Civilization inIndia and Pakistan the authorshave completely revised andrewritten their earlier work,The Birth of Indian Civilizationto present an integrated anddynamic account of humanculture in South Asia.The authors have made everyattempt to incorporate theresults of the most recent research and their book isillustrated throughout with photographs, maps and linediagrams.Offering an original and stimulating perspective on thearchaeology of the subcontinent, The Rise of Civilization inIndia and Pakistan will be invaluable to students of SouthAsian culture and early history.Bridget Allchin, Wolfson College, Cambridge.Raymond Allchin, University of Cambridge.96 half-tones 5 tables9788185618722 302pp PB ` 595.00LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS/LITERATUREThe CambridgeCompanion to ModernIndian CultureVasudha Dalmia & RashmiSadanaIndia is changing at a rapid pace asit continues to move from itscolonial past to its globalisedfuture. This Companion offers aframework for understanding thatchange, and how modern culturalforms have emerged out of verydifferent histories and traditions.The book provides accounts of literature, theatre, film,modern and popular art, music, television and food; it alsoexplores in detail social divisions, customs, communicationsand daily life. In a series of engaging, erudite andoccasionally moving essays the contributors, drawn from avariety of disciplines, examine not merely what constitutesmodern Indian culture, but just how wide-ranging are thecultures that persist in the regions of India. This volume willhelp the reader understand the continuities and fissureswithin Indian culture and some of the conflicts arising fromthem. Throughout, what comes to the fore is theextraordinary richness and diversity of modern Indian culture.Vasudha Dalmia is Professor of Hindi and Modern SouthAsian Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.Rashmi Sadana is a writer and researcher based in Delhi.19 B&W illustrations 2 maps9781107641037 326pp PB ` 395.00South Asian Languages:A Syntactic TypologyKarumuri V. SubbaraoSouth Asian languages are rich inlinguistic diversity and number.This book explores the similaritiesand differences of about fortylanguages from the four differentlanguage families (Austro-Asiatic,Dravidian, Indo-Aryan (Indo-European) and Tibeto-Burman(Sino-Tibetan)). It focuses on thesyntactic typology of theselanguages and the high degree of syntactic convergence,with special reference to the notion of ‘India as a linguisticarea’. Several areas of current theoretical interest such asanaphora, control theory, case and agreement, relativeclauses and the significance of thematic roles in grammarare discussed. The analysis presented has significantimplications for current theories of syntax, verbal semantics,first and second language acquisition, structural languagetypology and historical linguistics. The book will be ofinterest to linguists working on the description of SouthAsian languages, as well as syntacticians wishing to discovermore about the common structure of languages within thisregion.Karumuri V. Subbarao is Radhakrishnan Chair Professor inHumanities at the University of Hyderabad, India.9781107035331 400pp HB ` 995.00Language in South AsiaBraj K. Kachru, Yamuna Kachru &S. N. Sridhar (eds)South Asia is a rich and fascinatinglinguistic area, its many hundredsof languages from four majorlanguage families representing thedistinctions of caste, class,profession, religion, and region.This comprehensive new volumepresents an overview of thelanguage situation in this vastsubcontinent in a linguistic,historical and sociolinguistic context. An invaluableresource, it comprises authoritative contributions fromleading international scholars within the fields of SouthAsian language and linguistics, historical linguistics, culturalstudies and area studies. Topics covered include theongoing linguistic processes, controversies, and implicationsof language modernization; the functions of South Asianlanguages within the legal system, media, cinema, andreligion; language conflicts and politics, and Sanskrit and itslong traditions of study and teaching. Language in Southorder online at www.cambridgeindia.org19