[INDOLOGY] A terminological question

[Birgit Kellner]

Pollock uses "hyperglossia" for a relationship between languages, 
though, as a special hierarchical case of diglossia, not for describing 
individual acts or habits of linguistic choice (which seems to be what 
the original question was after).


Birgit Kellner


Am 2018-08-08 um 11:01 schrieb Matthew Kapstein via INDOLOGY:
>
> I don't recall that Pollock limits it to translation. And it 
> definitely refers to moving from a "lower" to a "higher" linguistic 
> register, which is not quite what we mean by "euphemism".
>
>
> Matthew Kapstein
> Directeur d'études,
> Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes
>
> Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies,
> The University of Chicago
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Nagaraj Paturi <nagarajpaturi at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 8, 2018 3:51:25 AM
> *To:* Matthew Kapstein
> *Cc:* Artur Karp; INDOLOGY at list.indology.info
> *Subject:* Re: [INDOLOGY] A terminological question
> Does Prof. Pollock use it in the context of translation only?
>
> If it is general context of semantic change, 'euphemism' has 
> similarity with this, except that the replaced word refers to an 
> 'obscene', 'inauspicious', 'unparliamentary' meaning hence is 
> considered to be crude or explicit usage.
>
> On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 2:07 PM, Matthew Kapstein via INDOLOGY 
> <indology at list.indology.info <mailto:indology at list.indology.info>> wrote:
>
>     Dear Artur,
>
>
>     The term "hyperglossia," as introduced by Pollock in his
>
>     The Language of the Gods in the World of Men,
>
>     refers to this phenomenon, though I am not sure how widespread
>     this usage is. Pollock seems to have treated it as a neologism.
>
>
>     If I understand just what you are talking about, James Strachey's
>     translations of Freud -- e.g. his rendering of "das Ich" as "the
>     ego" -- may serve as a modern example. You may therefore find
>     other terms for what you are looking for by digging into the
>     critical literature on Strachey's translations.
>
>
>     good luck,
>
>     Matthew
>
>
>     Matthew Kapstein
>     Directeur d'études,
>     Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes
>
>     Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies,
>     The University of Chicago
>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>     *From:* INDOLOGY <indology-bounces at list.indology.info
>     <mailto:indology-bounces at list.indology.info>> on behalf of Artur
>     Karp via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info
>     <mailto:indology at list.indology.info>>
>     *Sent:* Tuesday, August 7, 2018 2:48:50 PM
>     *To:* indology
>     *Subject:* [INDOLOGY] A terminological question
>     Dear List,
>
>     [From my main e-mail address]
>
>     In my work with the Pali works - original texts and their
>     translations - I come across traces of a peculiar practice.
>
>     The translators tend, not infrequently, to supplant plain,
>     ordinary, common terms with their more elegant, subtler lexical
>     equivalents.
>
>     There is a *Greek/Latin* *term* for this practice - but I cannot
>     recall it.
>
>     May I count on your help /re/?
>
>     Artur Karp
>     Senior Lecturer in Sanskrit and Pali (ret.)
>     Chair of South Asian Studies
>     University of Warsaw
>     Poland
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