Introduction to Dravidian Lingustics

Surya P. Mittal spmittal at giasdl01.vsnl.net.in
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Dear Dr. Jonsson,

Listed below are a few titles which may be of interest to you and other
members on the list:


 1. Andronov, M.S. (Mikhail Sergeevich), 1931-
 Dravidian languages / M.S. Andronov. -- 1st Indian ed.
 -- Vijayawada : Visalaandhra Pub. House, 1977.
 5, 184 p. ; 22 cm.
 "First edition, Nauka Publishing House, Moscow, 1970."
 Bibliography: p. 180-181.
 "Publication no. 860."
 1. Dravidian languages. 2. Grammar, Comparative and
 general.
 $1.00 (ubd.)                                    DK-25586


 2. Caldwell, Robert, 1814-1891.
 A comparative grammar of the Dravidian or South Indian
 family of languages / Robert Caldwell. -- New Delhi :
 Asian Educational Services, 1987.
 xl, 640 p. ; 22 cm.
 Caption title: Dravidian comparative grammar.
 Reprint. Originally published: 3rd ed. / revised and
 edited by J.L. Wyatt, T. Ramakrishna Pillai. London :
 Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1913.
 Includes bibliographical references and index.
 1. Dravidian languages--Grammar, Comparative.
 $16.20                                          DK-53559


 3. Dravidic studies. -- Delhi : Sri Satguru Publica-
 tions, 1987.
 14, 51, 63 p. ; 23 cm. -- (Sri Garib Dass oriental
 series ; no. 57)
 Reprint. (1st work). Originally published: The
 demostrative bases / by C.P. Venkatarama Ayyar. Madras
 : Madras University, 1923. (Dravidic studies ; 1)
 Reprint. (2nd work). Originally published: The pronouns
 and pronominal termination of the first person in
 Dravidian / by K.V. Subbayya. Madras : Madras Univer-
 sity. (Dravidic studies ; 2)
 Reprint. (3rd work). Originally published: The
 Sanskritic element in the vocabularies of the Dravidian
 languages / by S. Anavaratarinayakam Pillai. Madras :
 Madras University. (Dravidic studies ; 3)
 Includes bibliographical references.
 ISBN 81-7030-115-7
 1. Dravidian languages.
 $5.80                                           DK-52543


 4. Emeneau, Murray Barnson, 1904-
 Dravidian studies : selected papers / by M.B. Emeneau ;
 introduction by Bh. Krishnamurti. -- 1st ed. -- Delhi :
 Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 1994.
 xxxi, 464 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
 On Dravidian linguistics.
 Includes bibliographical references.
 Includes index.
 ISBN 81-208-0858-4
 1. Dravidian languages.
 $45.80                                          DK-88572


 5. Hiremath, R. C. (Rudrayya Chandrayya), 1922-
 The genesis and growth of Dravidian R.C. Hiremath. --
 Trivandrum : Dravidian Linguistics Association, 1984.
 vii, 225 p. ; 23 cm. -- (Publication / Dravidian Lin-
 guistics Association ; no. 39)
 Includes bibliographical references and index.
 1. Dravidian languages. 2. Dravidians. 3. Indic lan-
 guages. 4. Civilization, Dravidian. 5. Civilization,
 Indic.
 $5.00                                           DK-39335


 6. Levi, Sylvain, 1863-1935.
 Pre-Aryan and pre-Dravidian in India / by Sylvain Levi,
 Jean Przyluski, and Jules Bloch ; translated from
 French by Prabodh Chandra Bagchi. -- [Calcutta] :
 University of Calcutta, 1975.
 xxix, 184, [2] p. : map ; 21 cm.
 First published in 1929.
 Includes bibliographical references, index, and errata.
 Contents: Przyluski, J. Non-Aryan loans in Indo-Aryan.
 -- Bloch, J. Sanskrit and Dravidian. -- Levi, S. Pre-
 Aryan and pre-Dravidian in India.
 1. Austroasiatic languages. 2. Indo-Aryan languages. 3.
 Dravidian languages. 4. India, Ancient--History.
 $1.30                                           DK-9081


 7. Madhivanan, R., 1936-
 Indus script among Dravidian speakers / R. Madhivanan ;
 general editor, N. Mahalingam. -- 1st ed. -- Madras :
 International Society for the Investigation of Ancient
 Civilizations, 1995.
 109 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), map ; 21
 cm.
 Includes bibliographical references (p. 109).
 1. Indus script. 2. Inscriptions, Indic. 3. Indus civi-
 lization. 4. India--History.
 $6.30 (ubd.)                                    DK-99220


 8. Madhivanan, R., 1936-
 Indus script Dravidian / R. Madhivanan. -- 1st ed. --
 Madras : Tamil Chanror Peravai, 1995.
 286 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
 Includes decipherment of the Indus seals and inscrip-
 tions with transliteration in English and Tamil.
 "Tamil Chanror Peravai publication-2"--T.p. verso.
 Includes bibliographical references (p. 78-79).
 1. Indus script.  2. Dravidian languages.  3. Inscrip-
 tions, Indic.  4. Seals (Numismatics)--India.
 $25.00                                          DK-99367


 9. Mallassery, S. Radhakrishnan (Sreedharan
 Radhakrishnan), 1954-
 Postpositions in a Dravidian language : a transforma-
 tional analysis of Malayalam / S. Radhakrishnan
 Mallassery. -- 1st ed. -- New Delhi, India : Mittal
 Publications, 1994.
 x, 348 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
 English and Malayalam (Malayalam in roman).
 Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Kerala, 1982.
 Includes bibliographical references (p. [336]-343).
 Includes index.
 ISBN 81-7099-574-4
 1. Malayalam language--Postpositions.  2. Malayalam
 language--Grammar, Comparative.
 $37.50                                          DK-91994


 10. Proceedings of the First International Seminar on
 Dravidian Linguistics and the Fourteenth All India Con-
 ference of Dravidian Linguistics / edited by B.
 Gopinathan Nair. -- Trivandrum, S. India : Interna-
 tional School of Dravidian Linguistics, 1989.
 vii, 265 p. : ill.,  map ; 24 cm. -- (Publication /
 Dravidian Linguistics Association ; no. 42).
 Imprint on t.p. verso: Trivandrum : Dravidian Linguis-
 tics Association.
 Includes bibliographical references.
 1. Dravidian languages--Congresses. 2. Indic
 languages--Congresses. 3. Linguistics--Congresses.
 $8.30                                           DK-62588


 11. Proceedings of the Thirteenth All India Conference
 of Dravidian Linguistics /  edited by K. Rangan. -- 1st
 ed. -- Thanjavur : Tamil University, 1986.
 xxv, 471 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. -- (Tamil University publi-
 cation ; no. 67)
 Two papers in Tamil.
 Includes bibliographical references.
 1. Dravidian languages--Congresses. 2. Indic
 languages--Congresses.
 $9.30                                           DK-50927


 12. Rajannan, Busnagi, 1929-
 Dravidian languages and literatures : a contribution
 toward a bibliography of books in English and in a few
 other European languages, on, about, and translated
 from the Dravidian languages / compiled by Busnagi
 Rajannan. -- 1st ed. -- Madurai : Madurai University,
 1973.
 xv, 279, [4] p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
 1. Dravidian languages--Bibliography. 2. Dravidian
 literature--Bibliography. 3. Bibliography.
 $1.00                                           DK-3343


 13. Ramaiah, L. S. (Lam Seeta), 1937-
 General and comparative Dravidian languages and lin-
 guistics / L.S. Ramaiah. -- Madras : T.R. Publications,
 1994.
 xx, 173 p. : map ; 25 cm. -- (International bibliogra-
 phy of Dravidian languages and linguistics ; v. 1).
 Includes indexes.
 ISBN 81-85427-25-9
 1. Dravidian languages--Bibliography.
 $25.00                                          DK-86313


 14. Rangaswamy, R. (Rajoo), 1934-
 Comparative Dravidian / R. Rangaswamy. -- 1st ed. --
 Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu : Kamalam Rangaswamy, 1995.
 154, [3] p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
 English and Tamil (Tamil in roman).
 Includes bibliographical references (p. [156-157]).
 1. Comparative linguistics.  2. Dravidian languages--
 Grammar, Comparative.
 $3.80 (ubd.)                                    DK-99249


 15. Sambasiva Rao, G. (Gali), 1941-
 A comparative study of Dravidian noun derivatives / G.
 Sambasiva Rao. -- New Delhi : Bahri Publications, 1991.
 118 p. ; 23 cm. -- (Series in Indian languages and lin-
 guistics ; 19).
 Running title: A comparative study of Dravidian deriva-
 tives.
 Bibliography: p. [112]-114.
 ISBN 81-7034-094-2
 1. Dravidian languages--Suffixes and prefixes. 2.
 Dravidian languages--Noun phrase.
 $8.30                                           DK-73339


 16. Steever, Sanford B.
 Selected papers on Tamil and Dravidian linguistics /
 Sanford B. Steever. -- 1st ed. -- Madurai : Muttu
 Patippakam, 1981.
 7, 191 p. ; 22 cm.
 Running title: Selected papers.
 Morphology and syntax in Dravidian languages, with
 reference to Tamil.
 Some previously published.
 Bibliography: p. 184-191.
 Without errata.
 1. Linguistics. 2. Tamil language--Grammar. 3.
 Dravidian languages--Grammar.
 $2.10 (ubd.)                                    DK-31956


 17. Studies in Dravidian and general linguistics : a
 festschrift for Bh. Krishnamurti / editors, B. Lakshmi
 Bai, B. Ramakrishna Reddy. -- Hyderabad, India : Centre
 of Advanced Study in Linguistics, Osmania University,
 1991.
 xix, 530 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., 6 maps ; 25 cm.
 -- (Osmania University publications in linguistics ; 6).
 Bhadriraju Krishnamurti, b. 1928, former Professor of
 Linguistics, Osmania University; contributed articles.
 "Published works of Bh. Krishnamurti": p. xi-xvi.
 Includes bibliographical references.
 1. Linguistics. 2. Dravidian languages. 3. Krish-
 namurti, Bh. (Bhadriraju), 1928-
 $29.20                                          DK-74208


 18. Studies in Dravidian linguistics /  S.
 Vaidyanathan, editor. -- Patiala : Dept. of
 Anthropological Linguistics, Punjabi University,
 c 1980- c 1982.
 2 v. (xvii, iii, 592 p.) ; 22 x 29 cm. -- (Pakha sanjam
 ; v. 10 & 15).
 Cover title.
 Contributed articles.
 Includes bibliographical references.
 1. Dravidian languages. 2. Dravidian literature.
 $4.20 (ubd.) (per set)                          DK-33832


 19. Suvarchala, B., 1960-
 Central Dravidian comparative mophology / B. Suvar-
 chala. -- New Delhi : Navrang, 1992.
 235 p. ; 25 cm.
 Thesis (Ph. D.)--Osmania University, 1991.
 Bibliography: p. [228]-229.
 Includes index.
 ISBN 81-7013-101-4
 1. Dravidian languages--Morphology.
 $20.80                                          DK-79664


 20. Swaminatha Aiyar, R.
 Dravidian theories / R. Swaminatha Aiyar. -- Delhi :
 Motilal Banarsidass, 1987.
 xlvii, 574 p. ; 23 cm.
 Reissue. Originally published: 1st ed. Madras : Madras
 Law Journal Office, 1975.
 On the grammar of Dravidian languages; essays and lectures.
 Bibliography: p. 559-568.
 Includes errata and index.
 ISBN 81-208-0331-0
 1. Dravidian languages--Grammar.
 $12.50                                          DK-57522


 21. Zvelebil, Kamil V., 1927-
 Dravidian linguistics : an introduction / Kamil V.
 Zvelebil. -- Pondicherry : Pondicherry Institute of
 Linguistics and Culture,  c 1990.
 xxvi, 156 p. : map ; 23 cm. -- (PILC publication ; 3).
 With particular reference to Tamil language.
 Bibliography: p. [124]-150.
 Includes index.
 ISBN 81-85452-01-6
 1. Tamil language. 2. Dravidian languages.
 $14.20 (ubd.)                                   DK-68086

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Best wishes,

					Yours sincerely,
					Surya P. Mittal
					surya at pobox.com

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Mr B.Philip.Jonsson [Seeker of Useless Knowledge] wrote:
> 
> Dear Indologists,
> 
> can anybody recommend me some good English-language general introduction to
> Dravidian Linguistics? I would also be happy to know which are the most
> controversial questions within the field; is e.g. the link with Elamite
> generally accepted. Note that I know virtually nothing about the subject,
> nor do I know any of the languages concerned.
> 
> Thanks






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