John J Lowe

Modern Linguistics in Ancient India

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"An accessible and relevant introduction to the ancient Indian linguistic tradition, this book assesses the influence of Indian linguistic thought on Western linguistics. It is essential reading for scholars and students of theoretical and historical linguistics, as well as those interested in Indian languages, and Indian/South Asian Studies"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 278
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. März 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9781009364508
• ISBN-10: 1009364502
• Artikelnr.: 68891927

Autorenporträt

John J. Lowe is Associate Professor of Sanskrit at the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oxford. Notable publications include Participles in Rigvedic Sanskrit (Oxford University Press, 2015), Transitive Nouns and Adjectives (Oxford University Press, 2017), and The Oxford Reference Guide to Lexical Functional Grammar (with Dalrymple and Mycock, Oxford University Press, 2019).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Glossary
Texts and Authors
The Sanskrit Transcription System
1. Introduction
2. The Astadhyay¿ at Work
3. Rule Interaction
4. Morphological Systems
5. Syntax: Argument Structure
6. Formal Language Theory and Computational Power
7. Semantics and Pragmatics
8. Phonology: Phonemes and Writing Systems
9. Conclusion
References
Subject Index
Author Index
Index Locorum
Word Index.