Perso-Arabic Hybrids in Hindi: The Socio-Linguistic and Structural Analysis
By- Agnieszka Kuczkiewicz-Fraś
From the very beginning of its existence Hindi has
been subjected to foreign influences. Close contact with Persian brought to
India by Muslim invaders, lasting for several centuries, has borne fruit in the
form of an enormous quantity of borrowings of different types. It has also
reached the most advanced stage in the whole process of enriching one language
by the elements of the other—the phenomenon of hybridization, creating words of
mixed Perso-Hindi etymology, has appeared.
Though hybrid words exist probably in every language,
in Hindi their role is particular. They demonstrate its extraordinary ability
for syncretising new, alien components without much harm to itself.
The main aim of this book is to show the scale of
hybrid Perso-Arabic word-formation in Hindi and to discuss the factors that
have been influencing this hybridsation. The features and linguistic processes
crucial to it have also been pointed out.
Agnieszka
Kuczkiewicz-Fraś studied Indian Philology in Poland and did her M.A. and
Ph.D. in Hindi linguistics from the Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland, where she presently teaches Hindi, Urdu
and Indian History. She has published several articles on Hindi-Urdu
linguistics and on the problems of translation from Indian literataure.
ISBN
81-7304-498-8 2003
190p. Rs.400/Pounds 35
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