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LEADER: 01393nam a22002658a 4500
001 2009038074
003 DLC
005 20090916163053.0
008 090915s2010 nyu b 001 0 elx
010 $a 2009038074
020 $a9781604976526 (alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
041 1 $aeng$aper$hper
043 $aa-af---
050 00 $aGR302.7.H47$bI36 2010
082 00 $a398.209581$222
100 1 $aIoannesi︠a︡n, I︠U︡liĭ Arkadʹevich.
245 10 $aAfghan folktales from Herat /$cYouli A. Ioannesyan.
260 $aAmherst, NY :$bCambria Press,$c2009.
263 $a1001
300 $ap. cm.
520 $aPresents a collection of folktales in the Herati dialect of the Afghan Persian language, in Latin-based transliteration and English translation, supplied by phonetic and grammatical commentaries, explanations of cultural terms, and preceded by an introduction with a review of the Herati dialect. Based on academically informed fieldwork and presented in a scientific fashion, the materials were collected by the author during field research in Afghanistan in the 1980s from illiterate dialect speakers (a category which has preserved the dialect the most in terms of purity and entirety).
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650 0 $aTales$zAfghanistan$zHerāt (Province)
650 0 $aDari language$xDialects$zAfghanistan$zHerāt (Province)