UID:
edocfu_9960177672702883
Format:
1 online resource (417 pages)
ISBN:
0-674-97465-4
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0-674-97467-0
Content:
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.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Preface --
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Note on Transliteration --
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Beginnings --
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First Budding: Tamil from the Inside --
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Second Budding: The Musical Self --
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The Imperial Moment, Truth, and Sound --
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Republic of Syllables --
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A Tamil Modernity --
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Beyond the Merely Modern --
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Notes --
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References --
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Credits --
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Index
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-674-05992-1
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4159/9780674974678
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