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

Informations projet

LINGUINDIC

N° de convention de subvention: 851990

DOI

10.3030/851990

Projet clôturé

Date de signature de la CE 18 Septembre 2019

Date de début 1 Septembre 2020

Date de fin 30 Avril 2026

Financé au titre de

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Coût total

€ 1 499 440,00

Contribution de l’UE

€ 1 499 440,00

Coordonné par

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)

Période du rapport: 2023-09-01 au 2025-02-28

Résumé du contexte et des objectifs généraux du projet

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.

Travail effectué depuis le début du projet jusqu’à la fin de la période considérée dans le rapport et principaux résultats atteints jusqu’à présent

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.

Progrès au-delà de l’état des connaissances et impact potentiel prévu (y compris l’impact socio-économique et les conséquences sociétales plus larges du projet jusqu’à présent)

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