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Sanskrit and Prakrit: Sociolinguistic Issues

by Madhav M. Deshpande


  • Year of Publication: 1993
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Edition: 1st
  • No. of Pages: 246
  • Pages: 246
  • Language: English
  • Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishing House
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    This volume brings together eight contributions of Professor Madhav M. Deshpande relating to the historical sociolinguistics of sanskrit and Prakrit languages. The studies brought together here represent his continuing research in this field after his 1979 book: Sociolinguistic Attitudes in India: An Historical Reconstruction. The main thrust of these studies is to show that patterns of language, including grammatical theories are deeply influenced by political, religious, geographical, and other sociohistorical factors. This is true as much of ancient languages as it is for modern languages.

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