ISBN:
9788884537577
,
9788884538611
,
9788892736917
Language:
Undetermined
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (370 p.)
Series Statement:
Premio Tesi di Dottorato
Keywords:
The arts
;
Literature & literary studies
;
Humanities
Abstract:
The Kalush are the last Kafirs (pagans) of Hindu Kush and speak an Indo-European language, which makes them a particularly precious resource for the Indo-European scholar. This thesis offers an in-depth study of their language and of some aspects of their culture. Starting from the data collected during a field study in the least well-known of the three Kalasha valleys, on the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan, the author proposes a contrastive analysis of the everyday language and that used for poetry. This analysis, and the mass of ethnographic data considered, enable the author to identify the socio-cultural reasons behind certain linguistic choices that can be observed in the poetic discourse, thus bringing to light the essence of the relations between language and culture
Note:
Italian
