Sanskrit and the Evolution of Human Speech: Based on Sri Aurobindo's Linguistic TheorySri Aurobindo Institute of Research in Social Sciences, Sri Aurobindo Society, 2005 - Foreign Language Study - 171 pages This book presents Sri Aurobindo's views on linguistics in general and on Sanskrit in particular. It compares Sri Aurobindo's approach to the problem of the origin of human speech with those of other philologists. Sri Aurobindo has extensively studied some of the word-families of Sanskrit to find out the original mind-impressions that the root-sounds have within them. Discovering these, he shows how Sanskrit has preserved the original primitive structure of language and the system of simple root-sounds. Some original writings of Sri Aurobindo on the subject are included. Contents: I. Study of Language and Sri Aurobindo II. The Origin and Development of Language: Sri Aurobindo's Theory III. Growth of Language from Seed-sounds IV. The Creative Word: A New Approach to the Study of Language V. A True Interpretation of the Vedas: Need for a New Science of Language |
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Acknowledgements | 1 |
SRI AUROBINDOS THEORY | 27 |
GROWTH OF LANGUAGE FROM SEEDSOUNDS | 53 |
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