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Gorani in Its Historical and Linguistic Context - (Trends in Linguistics. Documentation [Tildoc]) by Shuan Osman Karim & Saloumeh Gholami
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Highlights
- Gorani refers to under-documented, endangered varieties spoken in a cluster within the Zagros mountains (Iran/Iraq).
- About the Author: Shuan Osman Karim, University of Cambridge, UK; Saloumeh Gholami, Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
- 292 Pages
- History, Middle East
- Series Name: Trends in Linguistics. Documentation [Tildoc]
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About the Book
The book brings together leading scholars on languages of the Zagros mountains spanning the borderlands between Iraq and Iran. It contains contributions on the Gorani literary Koine, language documentation, contact between Neo-Aramaic Christian andBook Synopsis
Gorani refers to under-documented, endangered varieties spoken in a cluster within the Zagros mountains (Iran/Iraq). These varieties possess conservative features of importance to linguists. However, their study has been plagued by nomenclature and taxonomy issues. Traditional names for these languages have been supplanted first by orientalists' prescriptions and then by their linguist heirs. Inaccurate terminology has sewn discord between speaker communities, disturbing the sociolinguistic landscape. This volume represents the state of the art of Gorani's historical and socio-linguistics, documentation, and literature, as well as an effort to aid the "decolonization" of Gorani linguistics.
About the Author
Shuan Osman Karim, University of Cambridge, UK; Saloumeh Gholami, Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main, Germany.