[INDOLOGY] Sanskrit syntax

Sat May 25 15:02:11 UTC 2013

Certainly everyone on this list can read the Nāgarī; our idea was to
retypeset in a readable, modern format to make the book more appealing to
graduate students (who generally don't use it, at least in the U.S.).  A
clean and beautiful edition, print-on-demand, or available as a pdf for
free, with improved index, updated IAST, and other new features.

If the members of Indology pulled this off all by themselves,
collaboratively, what a proof of concept it would be for a new era of
academic publishing!

We are discussing this off-list, please email myself or Dominik to be part
of the discussion.

best,
Chris Wallis
U.C. Berkeley

On 25 May 2013 09:01, Patrick Olivelle <jpo at uts.cc.utexas.edu> wrote:

> Let me also -- since we are in the admiring mood -- add my own voice to
> this. And to think that it was done in 1886!! I am privileged to have the
> original edition of 1886 published in Leyden (so spelled) by E.J. Brill. It
> once belonged to Shackleton Bailey and is still in perfect condition, and I
> really don't have any problems reading the Devanagari, although it is in an
> old, but beautiful, font.
>
> Patrick
>
>
>
> On May 25, 2013, at 5:07 AM, 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.  The font in
> >> which the Nāgarī 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.  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,
> >>      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.  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 (including Speijer's) through a
> >>    print-on-demand service as "new books". Just a warning to beware.
> >>
> >>   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 whether Speier's original Sanskrit Syntax has
> >>    been re-typeset or if there are any plans to do this?  It seems
> >>    quite worthwhile.
> >>
> >> best,
> >> 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.  The second day of the program begins with a
> >>    special lecture by George Cardona concerned with contributions of
> >>    Paninian grammar to Sanskrit syntax.  The afternoon of the 15th
> >>    will include several presentations on the state of image-text
> >>    alignment for Sanskrit manuscripts.  Please see
> >>    the announcement of the seminar and the full program under
> >>    Events on the Sanskrit Library website.
> >> Scholars are invited to attend.  Please register at no cost on the
> >> seminar website. The seminar is sponsored by the Chaire
> >> Internationale de Recherche Blaise Pascal financée par l’Etat et la
> >> Région d'Ile-de-France, gérée par la Fondation de l’Ecole Normale
> >> Supérieure. Yours sincerely,Peter
> >>
> >> Peter M. Scharf, President
> >> The Sanskrit Library
> >> scharf at sanskritlibrary.org
> >>
> >>
> >> *************************************************
> >> Peter M. Scharf, Ph.D.
> >> Université Paris Diderot
> >> Laboratoire d'Histoire des Théories Linguistiques
> >> 5 rue Thomas Mann, Case 7034
> >> Cedex 13
> >> 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
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