Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Glossary
- List of Abbreviations
- Texts and Authors
- The Sanskrit Transcription System
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Aṣṭādhyāyī at Work
- 3 Rule Interaction
- 4 Morphological Systems
- 5 Syntax: Argument Structure
- 6 Formal Language Theory and Computational Power
- 7 Semantics and Pragmatics: Compositionality and the Relation between Grammar and Meaning
- 8 Phonology: Phonemes and Writing Systems
- 9 Conclusion
- References
- Subject Index
- Author Index
- Index Locorum
- Word Index
2 - The Aṣṭādhyāyī at Work
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 March 2024
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Glossary
- List of Abbreviations
- Texts and Authors
- The Sanskrit Transcription System
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Aṣṭādhyāyī at Work
- 3 Rule Interaction
- 4 Morphological Systems
- 5 Syntax: Argument Structure
- 6 Formal Language Theory and Computational Power
- 7 Semantics and Pragmatics: Compositionality and the Relation between Grammar and Meaning
- 8 Phonology: Phonemes and Writing Systems
- 9 Conclusion
- References
- Subject Index
- Author Index
- Index Locorum
- Word Index
Summary
This chapter provides a detailed explanation and illustration of how Pāṇini's grammar, the Aṣṭādhyāyī, works. It begins by providing an overview of the structure and contents of the grammar, including the various dependent texts such as the Śivasūtras. It then works through the full derivation of a simple Sanskrit sentence, explaining all the rules and processes required to derive the output prounciation given a meaning as input.
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- Modern Linguistics in Ancient India , pp. 32 - 54Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024