Arvind Iyengar
Biographic Data
| ID | 6724090 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Arvind Iyengar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Arvind |
| FAMILY NAME | Iyengar |
| SIGNATURE | IYENGAR A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of New England |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7303-1524 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
More matters of typology
Since their coinage a quarter-century ago, the terms abugida and alphasyllabary ( Bright 1999 ; Daniels & Bright 1996 ) have revolutionised our conceptualisation of writing systems. Together with alphabet , these terms have proven invaluable in classifying subtypes of segmentaries–writing systems whose grain size is the phonological segment ( Gnanadesikan 2017 ). Nevertheless, there remain areas of ambiguity. Segmentaries that are either abugidas…
Like Community, Like Language
Since Partition, the Sindhi language in India has frequently been written off by scholars and laypersons alike, citing supposed linguistic corruption, ever-shrinking domains of use, and near-obsolescence in written form. However, census figures have consistently registered an increase in Sindhi speakers in India over the last seven decades. This article argues for a fresh approach to analyzing the journey of Sindhi in post-Partition India to expl…
Variation in Perso-Arabic and Devanāgarī Sindhī orthographies
The Sindhī language has been written in numerous scripts throughout its history. However, in the twentieth century, Perso-Arabic and Devanāgarī emerged as the dominant scripts for the language. Today, Perso-Arabic is the sole official script for Sindhī in Pakistan, while both Perso-Arabic and Devanāgarī are in concurrent use for the language in India. This paper identifies and analyses areas of orthographic standardisation and variation in the Pe…
Towards openly multilingual policies and practices
This volume is a monograph on the health of 9 Finno-Ugric languages in 12 communities across 8 European countries – communities that are numerical and linguistic minorities in their respective regions. The book is based on research conducted between 2010 and 2013 under the European Union-funded European Linguistic Diversity for All (ELDIA) project. In all, 3388 individuals from 13 minority-language groups, and 1460 individuals from majority-langu…
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Towards openly multilingual policies and practices
This volume is a monograph on the health of 9 Finno-Ugric languages in 12 communities across 8 European countries – communities that are numerical and linguistic minorities in their respective regions. The book is based on research conducted between 2010 and 2013 under the European Union-funded European Linguistic Diversity for All (ELDIA) project. In all, 3388 individuals from 13 minority-language groups, and 1460 individuals from majority-langu…
Variation in Perso-Arabic and Devanāgarī Sindhī orthographies
The Sindhī language has been written in numerous scripts throughout its history. However, in the twentieth century, Perso-Arabic and Devanāgarī emerged as the dominant scripts for the language. Today, Perso-Arabic is the sole official script for Sindhī in Pakistan, while both Perso-Arabic and Devanāgarī are in concurrent use for the language in India. This paper identifies and analyses areas of orthographic standardisation and variation in the Pe…
Like Community, Like Language
Since Partition, the Sindhi language in India has frequently been written off by scholars and laypersons alike, citing supposed linguistic corruption, ever-shrinking domains of use, and near-obsolescence in written form. However, census figures have consistently registered an increase in Sindhi speakers in India over the last seven decades. This article argues for a fresh approach to analyzing the journey of Sindhi in post-Partition India to expl…
More matters of typology
Since their coinage a quarter-century ago, the terms abugida and alphasyllabary ( Bright 1999 ; Daniels & Bright 1996 ) have revolutionised our conceptualisation of writing systems. Together with alphabet , these terms have proven invaluable in classifying subtypes of segmentaries–writing systems whose grain size is the phonological segment ( Gnanadesikan 2017 ). Nevertheless, there remain areas of ambiguity. Segmentaries that are either abugidas…
Linguistics (4 works) · History (3 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Ambiguity (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Mathematics (2 works) · Alphabet (1 work) · Arabic (1 work)