Tracing the Boundaries between Hindi and Urdu : Lost and Added in Translation between 20th Century Short Stories.

Tracing the Boundaries between Hindi and Urdu : Lost and Added in Translation between 20th Century Short Stories.

This book provides an inside into the complex relationship between Hindi and Urdu. A comparison of 20th century short stories that were published in both Hindi and Urdu are used as a basis to define the boundaries between both languages.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Everaert, Christine
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden : BRILL, 2009.
Series:Brill's Indological Library, 32.
Subjects:
Short stories, Hindi > History and criticism.
Short stories, Urdu > History and criticism.
Hindi language.
Urdu language.
Comparative literature > Hindi and Urdu.
Comparative literature > Urdu and Hindi.
Translating and interpreting.
Hindi language
Short stories, Hindi
Short stories, Urdu
Translating and interpreting
Urdu language
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • Tracing the Boundaries between Hindi and Urdu; Copyright; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; Guide to Transliteration; Introduction; I. Practices of Codification; II. The Authors, Their Stories and the Stylistic Differences; III. Linguistic Differences in the Short Story Corpus; IV. The Differences Reconsidered; V. Conclusions; Appendix The Intertwined and Cleft Histories of Hindi and Urdu; References; Index.

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