Linguistics from India: new ideas for modern linguistics from ancient India

Información del proyecto

LINGUINDIC

Identificador del acuerdo de subvención: 851990

DOI

10.3030/851990

Proyecto cerrado

Fecha de la firma de la CE 18 Septiembre 2019

Fecha de inicio 1 Septiembre 2020

Fecha de finalización 30 Abril 2026

Financiado con arreglo a

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Coste total

€ 1 499 440,00

Aportación de la UE

€ 1 499 440,00

Coordinado por

THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
United Kingdom

Periodic Reporting for period 3 - LINGUINDIC (Linguistics from India: new ideas for modern linguistics from ancient India)

Período documentado: 2023-09-01 hasta 2025-02-28

Resumen del contexto y de los objetivos generales del proyecto

The LINGUINDIC project aims to uncover lost insights and analyses from the ancient Indian linguistic tradition, to compare and interface these with current work in modern linguistic theory, and thereby to develop new analyses and theoretical approaches within modern linguistics. The ancient Indian linguistic tradition was highly sophisticated and has influenced the development of modern linguistic theory in particular ways, but a wealth of linguistic literature, particularly from the later period, remains almost entirely uninvestigated from a linguistic perspective.

Trabajo realizado desde el comienzo del proyecto hasta el final del período abarcado por el informe y los principales resultados hasta la fecha

We have read widely in the relevant literature, and have identified a number of texts and portions of texts which we have subjected to detailed investigation and analysis. We have particularly focused on the linguistic phenomena of negation, argument structure, case marking and compounding. We have written or are in the process of writing a number of articles on these topics, and on new editions of some of the texts we have been working with.

Avances que van más allá del estado de la técnica e impacto potencial esperado (incluida la repercusión socioeconómica y las implicaciones sociales más amplias del proyecto hasta la fecha)

We have already made significant advances in the linguistic understanding and analysis of the ideas proposed in the later Indian grammatical tradition, particularly with reference to negation and argument structure. As the project progresses, our focus will shift more towards the interface with modern linguistic theory, and we expect to develop new ways of looking at these and other linguistic phenomena through this.

Folio 1 recto of the manuscript of the Śabdarahasya 'Secret of Speech', text on Sanskrit grammar