03789nam 2200697Ia 450 991045759460332120210603202428.01-282-35771-997866123577180-520-93190-41-60129-523-510.1525/9780520931909(CKB)1000000000354375(EBL)275307(OCoLC)476020847(SSID)ssj0000189198(PQKBManifestationID)11180686(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000189198(PQKBWorkID)10155846(PQKB)10455785(MiAaPQ)EBC275307(OCoLC)76812972(MdBmJHUP)muse30345(DE-B1597)519298(DE-B1597)9780520931909(Au-PeEL)EBL275307(CaPaEBR)ebr10146816(CaONFJC)MIL235771(EXLCZ)99100000000035437520050630d2006 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierLanguages and nations[electronic resource] the Dravidian proof in colonial Madras /Thomas R. TrautmannBerkeley University of California Pressc20061 online resource (322 pages)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-24455-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Illustrations --Preface --1. Explosion in the Grammar Factory --2. Pāṇini and Tolkāppiyar --3. Ellis and His Circle --4. The College --5. The Dravidian Proof --6. Legacies --7. Conclusions --Appendix A. The Legend of the Cow-Pox --Appendix B. The Dravidian Proof --Bibliography --IndexBritish rule of India brought together two very different traditions of scholarship about language, whose conjuncture led to several intellectual breakthroughs of lasting value. Two of these were especially important: the conceptualization of the Indo-European language family by Sir William Jones at Calcutta in 1786-proposing that Sanskrit is related to Persian and languages of Europe-and the conceptualization of the Dravidian language family of South India by F.W. Ellis at Madras in 1816-the "Dravidian proof," showing that the languages of South India are related to one another but are not derived from Sanskrit. These concepts are valid still today, centuries later. This book continues the examination Thomas R. Trautmann began in Aryans and British India (1997). While the previous book focused on Calcutta and Jones, the current volume examines these developments from the vantage of Madras, focusing on Ellis, Collector of Madras, and the Indian scholars with whom he worked at the College of Fort St. George, making use of the rich colonial record. Trautmann concludes by showing how elements of the Indian analysis of language have been folded into historical linguistics and continue in the present as unseen but nevertheless living elements of the modern.Languages & nationsDravidian philologyHistory19th centuryOrientalismHistory19th centuryIndologistsIndiaMadrasHistory19th centuryIndiaStudy and teachingIndiaHistory19th centuryElectronic books.Dravidian philologyHistoryOrientalismHistoryIndologistsHistory410Trautmann Thomas R439030MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457594603321Languages and nations2461459UNINA