The Sanskrit Paradigm of Tamil Grammar: Embrace and Resistance

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dc.identifier	ECF_article_12659
dc.title	The Sanskrit Paradigm of Tamil Grammar: Embrace and Resistance
dc.contributor.author	Annamalai E.
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/2024/1/the-sanskrit-paradigm-of-tamil-grammar-embrace-and/
dc.description.abstract	This paper is about the historical relationship between the grammars of Sanskrit and Tamil and the debates around it. The debates are between the grammarians and commentators on Tamil grammar, not of Sanskrit. It is thus limited to one linguistic community. This is a result of the asymmetrical bilingualism of the Tamil‑speaking and the Sanskrit‑speaking grammarians. Their many other relationships – religious, literary, etc. – are also asymmetrical in the sub‑continental perspective. The regional perspective of Tamil about the relationship of Tamil to Sanskrit is different but is not constant and varies according to the period and its language ideology.
dc.relation.ispartof	Bhasha
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 3 \| Num. 1 \| Aprile 2024
dc.issued	2024-03-27
dc.dateAccepted	2023-09-23
dc.dateSubmitted	2023-03-30
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/2785-5953/2024/01/002
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Compound formation
dc.subject	Language autonomy
dc.subject	Sanskrit grammar paradigm
dc.subject	Tamil grammar tradition
dc.subject	Universal grammar

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E. Annamalai Director (retired), Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore; Professor of Tamil (retired), The University of Chicago, Chicago

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This paper is about the historical relationship between the grammars of Sanskrit and Tamil and the debates around it. The debates are between the grammarians and commentators on Tamil grammar, not of Sanskrit. It is thus limited to one linguistic community. This is a result of the asymmetrical bilingualism of the Tamil‑speaking and the Sanskrit‑speaking grammarians. Their many other relationships – religious, literary, etc. – are also asymmetrical in the sub‑continental perspective. The regional perspective of Tamil about the relationship of Tamil to Sanskrit is different but is not constant and varies according to the period and its language ideology.

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Keywords: Tamil grammar tradition • Language autonomy • Universal grammar • Sanskrit grammar paradigm • Compound formation

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