Languages of North-Eastern India: a Survey Volume 2 Vols. Set [Hardcover]

A monumental work that deals with the culture, sociology and languages of the North-East in a scientific and systematic manner presents a complete linguistic picture of the region. Page : 39 14:06 Tuesday 16/05/00 About The Author:- Sir George Abraham Grierson, (Jan. 7, 1851-March 9, 1941) Irish linguist, language scholar and civil servant who conducted the Linguistic survey of India (1898-1928), obtaining information on 364 languages and dialects. While a student of mathematics at Trinity College, Dublin, Grierson took prizes in Sanskrit and Hindi. Grierson went to Bengal in October 1873, where-in addition to carrying out his duties in a succession of government posts until 1898-he devoted much time to language research. The first of his enormous output of papers, reviews, and books appeared in 1877. The Title 'Languages of North-Eastern India: a Survey written/authored/edited by George A. Grierson', published in the year 2000. The ISBN 9788121200714 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 712 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Literature / Linguistic / North-East Indian Studies / Reference / Dictionary / Encyclopaedia. Size of the book is 22.59 x 28.94 cms Vol:- 2 Vols. Set