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How Many Sounds are in Pāli? |
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Gornall, Alastair
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| Source |
Journal of Indian Philosophy
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| Volume | v.42 n.5 |
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| Date | 2014.11 |
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| Pages | 511 - 550 |
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| Publisher | Springer |
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http://www.springer.com/gp/
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| Location | Berlin, Germany [柏林, 德國] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Note | A. Gornall (&)
Singapore University of Technology and Design, 20 Dover Drive, Singapore 138682, Singapore
e-mail: alastair_gornall@sutd.edu.sg |
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| Keyword | Theravāda; Pāli; Sri Lanka; Phonetics; Buddhism; Ritual; Cosmopolitanism; Grammar; Vyākaraṇa; Grammatisation |
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| Abstract | This article highlights the central importance of Pāli phonetics in Theravāda Buddhism. In doing so, I focus on a single yet fundamental point of contention regarding the number of sounds in the Pāli language from the twelfth to fifteenth century. I argue that this debate on the number of sounds was of central concern due to the importance of Pāli pronunciation in the ritual sphere, the development of new regional monastic identities, and the introduction of regional scripts. In tracing this debate between two competing systems of Pāli grammar I show that these developments in the phonetic description of the Pāli language reveal the use and adaptation of Sanskritic phonetics in order to differentiate Pāli from Sanskrit, the Prakrits, and its surrounding vernaculars. |
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| Table of contents | Kaccāyana 1 and the Importance of Phonetics
Rupture
Identity and Religious Community
Sacred Text, Language, and Languages
Phonetics and Theravāda Ritual
Short ‘e’ and ‘o’ and a Gāṃ Sàn Manual
Graphic Identity: The virāma and the puḷḷi
Conclusions
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| ISSN | 00221791 (P); 15730395 (E) |
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| Hits | 188 |
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| Created date | 2014.12.31 |
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| Modified date | 2019.07.29 |
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