2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Reexamination of Bhartrhari's Theory on Sentence and its Meaning, based upon the Manuscripts
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19520050
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Indian philosophy/Buddhist studies
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| Research Institution | Kyoto University |
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Principal Investigator |
AKAMATSU Akihiko Kyoto University, 大学院・文学研究科, 教授 (80159326)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2010
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| Keywords | バルトリハリ / 言語哲学意味論 / 文と単語 / サンスクリット文法学 |
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| Research Abstract |
This study investigates how linguistic philosophers in ancient Indiaconceived of "Sentence Meaning" through an analysis of Sanskrit texts. Based on my past studies, in this study, I have analyzed the text of the "self-commentary" of the 2nd Chapter of the Vakyapadiya written by Bhartrhari, a linguistic philosopher in 6th Century India. And at the same time, I have tried to make a critically edited text by using XML mark-up while checking the manuscript. Consequently, I have reached the conclusion that Bhartrhari's theory on "Sentence Meaning" should be understood in a holistic context : the whole is not the sum of its parts, and it is only within the context of a sentence (whole) that a word (part) has its meaning.
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