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@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 Hackett
Columbia 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@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
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