etymological trends in Skt vocabulary - article

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Author(s):Hellwig, O.
Article Title:Etymological trends in the Sanskrit vocabulary

Journal Title:LITERARY AND LINGUISTIC COMPUTING
ISSN:0268-1145
Year:2010
Volume/Issue:VOL 25; NUMBER 1
Page(s):105-118
Publication frequency:Quarterly: 4 issues per year

Publisher: Great Britain : Oxford University Press
Language:English
Dewey Class:410.285
LC Class:P98
BLDSC shelfmark:5276.633430

Abstract:

The article examines how the etymological composition of the Sanskrit
lexicon is influenced by time and whether this composition can be used
to date Sanskrit texts automatically. For this purpose, statistical
tests are applied to a corpus of lexically analyzed texts. Results
reported in the article may contribute to the diachronic lexicography
of Sanskrit and help to develop computational methods for analyzing
anonymous and undated Sanskrit texts.