Sökning: "Greater Hindu Kush"

Hittade 4 uppsatser innehållade orden Greater Hindu Kush.

  1. 1. Lexico-Semantic Areality in the Greater Hindu Kush : An Areal-Typological Study on Numerals and Kinship Terms

    Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik

    Författare :Jacqueline Venetz; [2019]
    Nyckelord :Greater Hindu Kush; areal typology; lexical areality; numerals; kinship terms; Indo-Aryan; Iranian; Nuristani; Turkic; Tibeto-Burman; Burushaski;

    Sammanfattning : The Greater Hindu Kush designates a mountainous area extending from Afghanistan over Pakistan, Tajikistan and India to the westernmost parts of China. It is home to over 50 lan- guages from six different phyla; Indo-Aryan, Iranian, Nuristani, Turkic, Tibeto-Burman and the language isolate Burushaski. LÄS MER

  3. 2. A Micro-Typological Study of Shina : A Hindu Kush Language Cluster

    Kandidat-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskap

    Författare :Nina Knobloch; [2019]
    Nyckelord :Micro-typology; Indo-Aryan languages; Greater Hindu Kush; Shina;

    Sammanfattning : In this thesis, 9 Indo-Aryan languages which have previously been classified as Shina languages were analyzed. A cognate analysis of basic vocabulary was conducted, in order to explore the relatedness of the languages. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Kinship terminology in the greater Hindu Kush

    Kandidat-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik

    Författare :Jane Ogawa; [2018]
    Nyckelord :Kinship terms; Hindu Kush; areal semantics; lexical typology;

    Sammanfattning : This is a study of the kinship terminology used for one’s parents and their siblings in the languages in the greater Hindu Kush area (GHK). GHK stretches over the mountainous borderlands of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, China and India and homes a range of various languages from six different genera, Indo-Aryan, Iranian, Nuristani, Turkic, Tibeto-Burman, and the language isolate Burushaski. LÄS MER

  5. 4. A challenge for development or challenging development : ecosystem-based adaptation to climate change in the Hindu Kush Himalayas

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Författare :Nicole Pfefferle; [2016]
    Nyckelord :climate change; ecosystem-based adaptation; participation; development; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : Mountains provide a variety of ecosystem services, such as drinking water, which sustains not only mountain communities but also people living further downstream. While climate change threatens most ecosystems, its negative impacts are up to three times greater in high altitudes. LÄS MER