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Peer reviewedNadkarni, Mangesh V. – Language, 1975
The syntax of the relative clause in the Saraswat Brahmin dialect of Konkani, an Indo-Aryan language, has been Dravidianized because of the impact of the Dravidian Kannada language, operating through bilingual speakers. The Konkani-Kannada bilingual situation is described and an explanatory account of the syntactic change is given. (Author/CLK)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Contrastive Linguistics, Dialect Studies, Dravidian Languages
