Pāṇini and the Non-Head (upasarjana) of Attributive Endocentric Compounds

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dc.identifier	ECF_article_14550
dc.title	Pāṇini and the Non-Head (upasarjana) of Attributive Endocentric Compounds
dc.contributor.author	Mocci Davide
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.type	Articolo
dc.language.iso	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/it/edizioni4/riviste/bhasha/2023/2/panini-and-the-non-head-upasarjana-of-attributive/
dc.description.abstract	This study aims at contributing to our understanding of Pāṇini’s classification of compounds. In particular, this study investigates the notion upasarjana – roughly translatable as ‘non-head’ – in attributive endocentric (so-called karmadhāraya) compounds like nava-jvāra- ‘new suffering’, by addressing the following questions: do the units that Pāṇini designated as upasarjana in subordinate endocentric (so-called tatpuruṣa ‘proper’) compounds like aśva-śapha- ‘horse’s hoof’ share any feature with the units that he designated as upasarjana in karmadhārayas? More generally, what is the hallmark of the units designated as upasarjana? To answer these questions, we shall delve into several rules of Pāṇini’s grammar – the Aṣṭādhyāyī – which conceal such powerful grammatical tools as silent case endings and the operation of case-copying.
dc.relation.ispartof	Bhasha
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 2 \| Num. 2 \| Ottobre 2023
dc.issued	2023-12-13
dc.dateAccepted	2023-10-11
dc.dateSubmitted	2023-07-27
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2785-5953
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/bhasha/2785-5953/2023/02/005
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Case-copying
dc.subject	Compounding
dc.subject	Derivational levels
dc.subject	Headedness
dc.subject	Sanskrit

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Pāṇini and the Non-Head (upasarjana) of Attributive Endocentric Compounds

Davide Mocci Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori (IUSS), Pavia

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abstract

This study aims at contributing to our understanding of Pāṇini’s classification of compounds. In particular, this study investigates the notion upasarjana – roughly translatable as ‘non-head’ – in attributive endocentric (so-called karmadhāraya) compounds like nava-jvāra- ‘new suffering’, by addressing the following questions: do the units that Pāṇini designated as upasarjana in subordinate endocentric (so-called tatpuruṣa ‘proper’) compounds like aśva-śapha- ‘horse’s hoof’ share any feature with the units that he designated as upasarjana in karmadhārayas? More generally, what is the hallmark of the units designated as upasarjana? To answer these questions, we shall delve into several rules of Pāṇini’s grammar – the Aṣṭādhyāyī – which conceal such powerful grammatical tools as silent case endings and the operation of case-copying.

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13 Dicembre 2023

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11 Ottobre 2023

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27 Luglio 2023

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Keywords: Derivational levels • Compounding • Sanskrit • Case-copying • Headedness

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