Tamil : : A Biography / / David Shulman.
Spoken by eighty million people, Tamil is one of the great world languages, and one of the few ancient languages that survives as a mother tongue. David Shulman presents a comprehensive cultural history of Tamil, emphasizing how its speakers and poets have understood the unique features of their lan...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Contemporary Collection eBook Package |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2016] ©2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (386 p.) |
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| Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Note on Transliteration -- Beginnings -- First Budding: Tamil from the Inside -- Second Budding: The Musical Self -- The Imperial Moment, Truth, and Sound -- Republic of Syllables -- A Tamil Modernity -- Beyond the Merely Modern -- Notes -- References -- Credits -- Index |
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| Summary: | Spoken by eighty million people, Tamil is one of the great world languages, and one of the few ancient languages that survives as a mother tongue. David Shulman presents a comprehensive cultural history of Tamil, emphasizing how its speakers and poets have understood the unique features of their language over its long history. |
| Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 9780674974678 9783110649826 9783110485103 9783110485189 9783110638585 |
| DOI: | 10.4159/9780674974678 |
| Access: | restricted access |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | David Shulman. |