Ancient linguistic reflection in India was able to combine the analysis of Sanskrit with the awareness that the language through which this analysis is conducted (Sanskrit) is different from the object it examines. Although this language-tool finds its dimension in the artificial Sanskrit of the sütras - the aphorisms of Påñini's grammar - metalinguistic discourse is not restricted to specialized discourse: common speech abounds in metalinguistic notations. The present work focuses on the testimonies of the grammatical school of Pâininian origin, by trying to retrace the course by which metalanguage left the field of naive linguistics to become an object of the school.
University of Pisa, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0001-5762-8956
Book Title
Interprétations du discours métalinguistique
Book Subtitle
La fortune du sutra A 1 1 68 chez Patañjali et Bhartrhari
Authors
Maria Piera Candotti
Peer Reviewed
Publication Year
2006
Copyright Information
© 2006 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/88-8453-451-8
eISBN (pdf)
88-8453-451-8
eISBN (xml)
978-88-5518-815-9
Series Title
Studi e saggi
Series ISSN
2704-6478
Series E-ISSN
2704-5919