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@columbia.edu> wrote:
> Dear Chris and others,
> 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 (including 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 whether Speier's original Sanskrit Syntax has
> been re-typeset or if there are any plans to do this? Â It seems
> quite worthwhile.
>
> best,Â
> 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
> the announcement of the seminar and the full program 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 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@sanskritlibrary.org
>
>
> *************************************************
> Peter M. Scharf, Ph.D.
> Laboratoire d'Histoire des Théories Linguistiques