Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1972. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1973. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis -- University of Wisconsin. / Photocopy of typescript. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, 1979. -- 21 cm. Bibliography: leaves 231-232.

In Malayalam, a Dravidian languages spoken in India, there is a contrast in vowel length, as in [ka[retroflex lateral approximant]i] 'game' and [ka:[retroflex lateral approximant]i] 'goddess of death'. This vowel length contrast is the basis for any theory of stress placement in Malayalam. A listener acceptability study was performed to determine how acceptable vowel duration variation was to native speakers. It was found that listeners prefer a long vowel to have a longer duration than a short vowel. It was also found that listeners only accepted short vowel reduction and/or deletion when it was next to a vowel of contrasting length. Implications of these findings are discussed. A listener acceptability study was performed to determine how acceptable vowel duration variation was to native speakers. It was found that listeners prefer a long vowel to have a longer duration than a short vowel. It was also found that listeners only accepted short vowel reduction and/or deletion when it was next to a vowel of contrasting length. Implications of these findings are discussed. / text

The Līlātilakam of late fourteenth-century Kerala represents an attempt to grammatically and aesthetically solidify an ongoing aureate tradition—to borrow the concept from its associations with Middle English authors such as Chaucer—blending the Keraḷa-bhāṣā (old Malayalam) with Sanskrit lexical and poetic systems. That tradition takes shape as a literary and dramatic language known as Maṇipravāḷam—maṇi, the red ruby of Keraḷa-bhāṣā, and pravāḷam, the red coral of Sanskrit. Ideally words of the two language traditions blend together in a seamless and unnoticeable mixture, importing Sanskrit poetics as the basis of its aesthetics. The author of the Līlātilakam adds his linguistic venture to the long line of theoretical contemplation in Sanskrit poetics, but one that is notably distant from Tamil poetic and literary traditions. A primary motivation behind developing Maṇipravāḷam lies in the desire to distinguish Keraḷa-bhāṣā and the region where it is spoken from the socio-linguistic dominance of Tamil. We can see how the author situates his work with Sanskrit poetics by looking at his descriptions of the key concept of rasa, or poetic sentiment, and his encouragement of literary dialogue between two groups of trained cultural elites: the poets and the connoisseurs, the sahṛdayas. / text

Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Linguistics and Philosophy, 1981. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND HUMANITIES. / Bibliography: leaves 54-55. / by Karuvannur Puthanveettil Mohanan. / M.S.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Rijksuniversiteit de Utrecht, 1975. / "Srīvaisnava Maniprāvala"--Cover. Includes bibliographical references (p. [176]-180) and index.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Rijksuniversiteit de Utrecht, 1975. / "Srīvaisnava Maniprāvala"--Cover. Includes bibliographical references (p. [176]-180) and index.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Kent State University, 2009. / Title from PDF t.p. (viewed May 17, 2010). Advisor: John Hawks. Keywords: Speech perception; Vowels; Malayalam; Second Language. Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-216).

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