The main assumption of the present panel is that vyākaraṇa and many of the contemporary disciplines dealing with language, such as linguistics strictly speaking, but also philology, textual criticism, philosophy of language, are tightly bound by reciprocal connections, some of which go back even to the very beginning of the western “discovery” of Sanskrit and its traditional grammatical description. A comparative approach to vyākaraṇa and the modern language sciences is revealing in both ways. From the one hand, vyākaraṇa teaches us something on Sanskrit (historically, it taught us almost everything about it), and, more generally, on the theoretical linguistics and philosophy of language. But linguistics itself is useful in analyzing vyākaraṇa. Not only it helps understanding the essence of the traditional Sanskrit grammars, but it also provides some tools for investigating its historical development and transformation, as well as for deciphering the mysteries of its written tradition. The present panel has, therefore, the purpose to challenge the two sides of this bilateral — or rather, of one-to-many type — relationship favoring a compenetrative analysis of both.

Vyākaraṇa and its many espouses: Linguistics, Philology, Philosophy. Panel from the 11th Coffee Break Conference / Keidan, Artemij. - (2021). (Intervento presentato al convegno Vyākaraṇa and its many espouses: Linguistics, Philology, Philosophy tenutosi a Sapienza Università di Roma nel 10–11/12/2021).

Vyākaraṇa and its many espouses: Linguistics, Philology, Philosophy. Panel from the 11th Coffee Break Conference

Artemij Keidan
2021

Abstract

The main assumption of the present panel is that vyākaraṇa and many of the contemporary disciplines dealing with language, such as linguistics strictly speaking, but also philology, textual criticism, philosophy of language, are tightly bound by reciprocal connections, some of which go back even to the very beginning of the western “discovery” of Sanskrit and its traditional grammatical description. A comparative approach to vyākaraṇa and the modern language sciences is revealing in both ways. From the one hand, vyākaraṇa teaches us something on Sanskrit (historically, it taught us almost everything about it), and, more generally, on the theoretical linguistics and philosophy of language. But linguistics itself is useful in analyzing vyākaraṇa. Not only it helps understanding the essence of the traditional Sanskrit grammars, but it also provides some tools for investigating its historical development and transformation, as well as for deciphering the mysteries of its written tradition. The present panel has, therefore, the purpose to challenge the two sides of this bilateral — or rather, of one-to-many type — relationship favoring a compenetrative analysis of both.
2021
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