About the Author

Contributor Biography - English Carina JahaniB.A. studies in Iranian languages, Greek and Arabic at Uppsala University, Sweden (1981-1983), PhD in Iranian Languages 1989 (title of dissertation: Standardisation and Orthography in the Balochi Language). University lecturer in Iranian languages (Uppsala University) since 1990, field studies in Pakistani and Iranian Balochistan 1986-87, 1988, 1994, 1997, associate professor in Iranian languages (Uppsala University) since 1998.Main areas of research: the Balochi language (especially dialectology and sociolinguistic issues) and its literature (especially folklore), modern and Classical Persian grammar, sociolinguistics in Iran (especially the status of minority languages), contact linguistics (especially how the dominant Persian language influences minority languages structurally).Agnes Korn Studium der Indogermanistik, Indologie und Iranistik in Hamburg und Wien (Mag.a phil. 1996), Promotionsstudium der Vergleichenden Sprachwissenschaft in Frankfurt a. M. (Dr. phil. 2003), Lektorin fur Deutsch in Banska Bystrica/Slowakei (1995-96), Mitarbeit bei der Osterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften / Kommission fur Iranistik in Wien (1996-97) und an einem Worterbuchprojekt an der Universitat Graz (1996-98), derzeit wissenschaftliche Angestellte am Institut fur Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft, Phonetik und Slavische Philologie der Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universitat Frankfurt a. M. Forschungsschwerpunkt: Historische Grammatik der iranischen Sprache

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"Review - English The present volume is the academic outcome of an international symposium on the Balochi language held at the Department of Asian and African Studies, Uppsala University, on 17-20th August 2000 entitled ""Linguistic Contact in Balochistan in Historical and Modern Times."" The symposium for the first time brought together linguists and social sicentists working on the Balochi language and sociolinguistic issues in Balochistan. The articles in this volume aim at contributing to the study of Balochi in the context of linguistic contact and sociolingusitic processes. They use a variety of approaches and address a number of issues, such as how linguistic contacts between Balochi and neighbouring languages in historical times and at present have influenced both the structure of Balochi and of the neighbouring languages, and how the multilingual setting where Balochi is spoken affects language use in different situations and linguistic domains. "

The present volume is the academic outcome of an international symposium on the Balochi language held at the Department of Asian and African Studies, Uppsala University, on 17-20th August 2000 entitled "Linguistic Contact in Balochistan in Historical and Modern Times." The symposium for the first time brought together linguists and social sicentists working on the Balochi language and sociolinguistic issues in Balochistan. The articles in this volume aim at contributing to the study of Balochi in the context of linguistic contact and sociolingusitic processes. They use a variety of approaches and address a number of issues, such as how linguistic contacts between Balochi and neighbouring languages in historical times and at present have influenced both the structure of Balochi and of the neighbouring languages, and how the multilingual setting where Balochi is spoken affects language use in different situations and linguistic domains.

Review - English The present volume is the academic outcome of an international symposium on the Balochi language held at the Department of Asian and African Studies, Uppsala University, on 17-20th August 2000 entitled "Linguistic Contact in Balochistan in Historical and Modern Times." The symposium for the first time brought together linguists and social sicentists working on the Balochi language and sociolinguistic issues in Balochistan. The articles in this volume aim at contributing to the study of Balochi in the context of linguistic contact and sociolingusitic processes. They use a variety of approaches and address a number of issues, such as how linguistic contacts between Balochi and neighbouring languages in historical times and at present have influenced both the structure of Balochi and of the neighbouring languages, and how the multilingual setting where Balochi is spoken affects language use in different situations and linguistic domains.