@article{1480539, recid = {1480539}, author = {Shulman, David, }, title = {Tamil : A Biography /}, pages = {1 online resource (386 p.)}, abstract = {Spoken by eighty million people, Tamil is one of the great world languages, and one of the few ancient languages that survives as a mother tongue. David Shulman presents a comprehensive cultural history of Tamil, emphasizing how its speakers and poets have understood the unique features of their language over its long history.}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1480539}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674974678}, }