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@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@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@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@sanskritlibrary.org

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Université Paris Diderot

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