Pronouns (Oxford University Press)

Title: Pronouns Author: D. N. S. Bhat Language: English (academic) Year: 2004 Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford Studies in Typology and Linguistic Theory) ISBN: 978-0-19-823952-5 Pages: ~296 Google Drive: DNS-Bhat-Pronouns-Oxford.pdf

Description

This is one of D. N. S. Bhat’s major English-language academic works — a typological study of pronoun systems across the world’s languages, published by Oxford University Press. It is part of the prestigious “Oxford Studies in Typology and Linguistic Theory” series.

The book examines:

  • The universal properties of pronouns
  • How pronoun systems vary across languages
  • Person, number, gender, and case distinctions
  • Pronominal clitics and weak pronouns
  • The distinction between pronouns and nouns/determiners
  • Evidence from Dravidian (including Kannada), Indo-European, and other families

Why It Matters for This Project

This represents Bhat’s international, English-language contribution to typological linguistics — contrasting with his Kannada-language reform works. Together they show the full range of his scholarship:

  • Popular Kannada works (books 01–18): Language reform and Kannada-specific issues
  • Academic English works (books 19–21): Rigorous typological fieldwork

Collection Status

  • PDF in Google Drive (DNS-Bhat/DNS-Bhat-Pronouns-Oxford.pdf)
  • Key chapters extracted and summarized
  • Kannada-relevant sections identified
  • Cross-referenced with Kannada pronoun system

Relation to Kannada

Bhat’s typological work on pronouns is directly informed by his deep knowledge of Dravidian pronoun systems, including:

  • The animate/inanimate distinction in Kannada pronouns
  • The inclusive/exclusive we distinction in Kannada
  • The Kannada case system as it applies to pronouns

See 01 — Idu Kannadade Vyakarana for his Kannada-language treatment of the pronoun system using native Kannada terminology.