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QuoteRef: misrVN_1966




Group:
grammar
Topic:
abstraction
Topic:
history of mathematics
Group:
formalism
Topic:
formal methods and languages
Topic:
knowledge as interrelated facts
Topic:
undefined, null, and other signal values

Reference

Misra, V. N., The Descriptive Technique of Panini, The Hague, Netherlands, Mouton & Co., 1966. Google

Quotations
12 ;;Quote: Panini wanted a self-contained science that perfected grammatical description, without recourse to extraneous definition
12+;;Quote: Panini assumed a thorough knowledge of Sanskrit and metalinguistic jargon
14 ;;Quote: Panini stood at the culmination point of a rich grammatical tradition; 7th-4th century B.C.; replaced the old systems
17 ;;Quote: Panini's mathematical grammar described the language as spoken, concisely defined by enumerations and rules; transmitted orally; transform from syntactic relationship to phonemic realization
22 ;;Quote: Panini's grammar Astadhyayi consists of general definition and rules, substitution and declension, primary suffixes, addable suffixes, morphoponemics, miscellaneous
30 ;;Quote: Panini provides a full description of organized data from a living speech; algebraic without justification or extralinguistic definition; e.g., definition by ommission
35 ;;Quote: to produce an utterance one has to refer back to general rules and forward to specific rules while reconstructing the rules from continuity, context, and exceptions
35+;;Quote: Panini's grammar, Astadhyayi, is richly interdependent; must understand the complete grammar; well preserved
89 ;;Quote: Panini's grammar used zero to indicate the lack of inflectional ending

Related Topics up

Group: grammar   (8 topics, 181 quotes)
Topic: abstraction (62 items)
Topic: history of mathematics (57 items)
Group: formalism   (9 topics, 478 quotes)
Topic: formal methods and languages (53 items)
Topic: knowledge as interrelated facts (23 items)
Topic: undefined, null, and other signal values (34 items)

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