The Word and the World: India's Contribution to the Study of Language

Bimal Krishna Matilal (Spalding Professor of Eastern Religions and Ethics and Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford)

The Word and the World: India's Contribution to the Study of Language
Format
Paperback
Publisher
OUP India
Country
India
Published
8 March 2001
Pages
204
ISBN
9780195655124

The Word and the World: India’s Contribution to the Study of Language

Bimal Krishna Matilal (Spalding Professor of Eastern Religions and Ethics and Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford)

Provides an account of the arguments of classical Indian philosophers, Sanskrit grammarians and literary critics about the origins and nature of language, the theories of meaning and the related problem of universals, the connection between the ordinary meaning and the profundity of sense in a literary composition. It also looks into the question of what is sayable, and what can be shown but not said in language. This book is intended for scholars and students of philosophy.

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