How Do We Understand a Sentence?
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About the Book
The book is a part of the doctoral thesis on "word and Word-Meaning; A work based on Gadadhara's Saktivada". Gadadhara was a Navya-Naiyayika of the 17th century. The book reveals the basic structure behind our verbal cognition (Sabdabodha). Diagrammically the relationship between the speaker and the hearer, though very close, may be misinterpreted in many ways. The Naiyayikas clearly shows that if the linguistic structure is rightly transfer to the hearer there is no chance of distortion of meaning. The sentence meaning becomes totally transparent. Ancient Indian scholars have enhanced the power of speech as well as the power of silence. Both in a sense conveys the meaning to the hearer. Spoken words break the silence and again merge into silence. The mid-way position between the silence and the silence is structured through language that brings life among human beings. It is the play of language that enters into the stage of words vis-a-vis world through Green-room and retires to the Green-Room.
Book Details
ISBN-13: 9783639268157
EAN: 9783639268157
Publisher Date: 23 Jun 2010
Height: 225 mm
MediaMail: Y
PrintOnDemand: Y
Series Title: English
Width: 150 mm
ISBN-10: 3639268156
Publisher: VDM Verlag
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
No of Pages: 112
Returnable: N
Spine Width: 7 mm