TY - GEN AB - 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. AU - Shulman, David, CN - DS432 DO - 10.4159/9780674974678 DO - doi EP - ZDB-23-DGG EP - ZDB-23-DEG ID - 1480539 JF - Asian Studies Contemporary Collection eBook Package JF - EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2016 JF - EBOOK PACKAGE History 2016 JF - Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016 KW - Tamil (Indic people) KW - Tamil (Indic people) KW - Tamil language KW - Tamil literature KW - Tamil poetry KW - HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia. LA - eng LA - In English. LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674974678 N2 - 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. SN - 9780674974678 T1 - Tamil :A Biography / TI - Tamil :A Biography / UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674974678 ER -