[INDOLOGY] Sanskrit syntax

Sat May 25 11:49:19 UTC 2013

I join others in praising this work, and in suffering owning an edition
from a less than perfect printing.

I, too, was thinking of some sort of joint effort.  In fact, the text could
even be re-keyed by a group of us (say 40 of us, each taking on ten pages).
 If someone is willing to set up a template beforehand, the work will be
that much easier.  Here, we should think about making the text highly
readable for the digital age (format it to the now ubiquitous 16:9 computer
screen).

I do not have the technical skills to set up the template, but I would like
to hear others thoughts on this.

Herman Tull

On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 7:31 AM, Manu Francis <manufrancis at gmail.com> wrote:

> For the moment being the following link is to the pdf made from DLI:
>
>
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/m7r04djmedy17gu/SPEIJER%201973%20MLBD%20Sanskrit%20Syntax%20reprint%20%5BDLI%204990010197932%5D%20OCR.pdf
>
> This is the MLBD 1973 reprint.
> I have OCRised it for English.
> Anybody could OCRise it for NAgarI?
> Then one just needs to "copy" and "paste".
> Suppose all people on this list take time to proof-read 5 or 10 pages out
> the approximately 400 pages of the book ...
> Best.
>
> PS: Who else than specialists can correctly proof-read this book?
> --
> Emmanuel Francis
> Chargé de recherche CNRS, Centre d'étude de l'Inde et de l'Asie du Sud
> (UMR 8564, EHESS-CNRS, Paris)
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> http://ceias.ehess.fr/document.php?id=1725
> http://rcsi.hypotheses.org/
> Associate member, Centre for the Study of Manuscript Culture (SFB 950,
> Universität Hamburg)
> http://www.manuscript-cultures.uni-hamburg.de/index_e.html
>
>
>
> On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 12:07 PM, <dermot at grevatt.force9.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> I'm another admirer. I have a beautifully printed, sturdily bound and
>> much used
>> Japanese reprint (Rinshen-Shoten Bookstore, Kyoto, 1968). Speyer is so
>> methodical
>> that his statements still make sense despite changes in linguistic
>> theory, so long as
>> you understand his dated, Latin-based terminology; and he balances
>> Paninian
>> prescriptions with observations of actual texts.
>>
>> Dermot Killingley
>> Newcastle
>>
>> On 23 May 2013 at 15:43, Whitney Cox wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > I'm a huge admirer of Speyer's book--I honestly feel like I learn
>> > something new and interesting every single time I open it-- but I do
>> > agree with Chris that it would benefit from re-setting. Â The font in
>> > which the NÄ garÄ« text is set can make for hard reading for those who
>> > aren't used to it: there are many times that I've strongly recommended
>> > it to intermediate students who have found it difficult to make sense
>> > of. Â Also, Speyer doesn't always translate his examples: this isn't a
>> > problem for those with more experience in the language, but the target
>> > audience of language learners are sometimes at a disadvantage, which
>> > is a real shame.
>> >
>> >
>> > On 23 May 2013 15:16, Paul Hackett <ph2046 at columbia.edu> wrote:
>> >     Dear Chris and others,
>> >     Â  I do not know if Speier/Speyer/Speijer's _Sanskrit Syntax_ has
>> >     been re-typeset or not, but there are publications for sale that
>> >     give the impression of a new edition. Â I discovered this when
>> >     attempting to purchase a copy a couple of years ago only to
>> >     discover that some "enterprising" individuals have been data
>> >     mining Google books (and/or possibly the DLI) and selling
>> >     exceptionally poor copies (missing pages, underlining, margin
>> >     notes, etc.) of many books (includingÂ Speijer's) through a
>> >     print-on-demand service as "new books". Just a warning to beware.
>> >
>> > Â  I can say that the 2009 paperback from Motilal is very clean and
>> > readable. best, Paul HackettColumbia University
>> >
>> >
>> > On May 23, 2013, at 3:03 PM, Christopher Wallis wrote:
>> >     Dear Peter and fellow Indologists,
>> >     Does anyone know whetherÂ Speier's originalÂ Sanskrit Syntax has
>> >     been re-typeset or if there are any plans to do this? Â It seems
>> >     quite worthwhile.
>> >
>> > best,Â
>> > Chris Wallis
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On 20 May 2013 10:52, Peter Scharf <scharfpm7 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >     Dear colleagues,The History of Linguistic Theory lab. at the
>> >     University of Paris 7, Denis Diderot, will host a seminar on
>> >     Sanskrit syntax 13-15 June. The program begins with a keynote
>> >     address by Professor Emeritus Hans Hock who in 1986 edited the
>> >     volume on Sanskrit syntax in honor of the centennial of Speier's
>> >     Sanskrit Syntax. Â The second day of the program begins with a
>> >     special lecture by George Cardona concerned with contributions of
>> >     Paninian grammar to Sanskrit syntax. Â The afternoon of the 15th
>> >     will include several presentations on the state of image-text
>> >     alignment for Sanskrit manuscripts. Â Please see
>> >     theÂ announcementÂ of the seminar and theÂ full programÂ under
>> >     Events on the Sanskrit Library website.
>> > Scholars are invited to attend. Â Please register at no cost on the
>> > seminar website. The seminar is sponsored by theÂ Chaire
>> > Internationale de Recherche Blaise Pascal financÃ©e par lâ€™Etat et la
>> > RÃ©gion d'Ile-de-France, gÃ©rÃ©e par la Fondation de lâ€™Ecole Normale
>> > SupÃ©rieure. Yours sincerely,Peter
>> >
>> > Peter M. Scharf, President
>> > The Sanskrit Library
>> > scharf at sanskritlibrary.org
>> >
>> >
>> > *************************************************
>> > Peter M. Scharf, Ph.D.
>> > UniversitÃ© Paris Diderot
>> > Laboratoire d'Histoire des ThÃ©ories Linguistiques
>> > 5 rue Thomas Mann, Case 7034
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>> > 75205 Paris
>> > France
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>> > *************************************************
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > peter.scharf at inria.fr
>> >
>> >
>> >
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>> >
>> > Dr. Whitney Cox
>> > Senior Lecturer in Sanskrit
>> > Department of the Languages and Cultures of South Asia,
>> > SOAS, University of London
>> > Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square
>> > London WC1H 0XG
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Herman Tull
Princeton, NJ

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