LEADER 03752nam 2200697Ia 450 001 9910811343703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-35771-9 010 $a9786612357718 010 $a0-520-93190-4 010 $a1-60129-523-5 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520931909 035 $a(CKB)1000000000354375 035 $a(EBL)275307 035 $a(OCoLC)476020847 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000189198 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11180686 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000189198 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10155846 035 $a(PQKB)10455785 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC275307 035 $a(OCoLC)76812972 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse30345 035 $a(DE-B1597)519298 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520931909 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL275307 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10146816 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL235771 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000354375 100 $a20050630d2006 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aLanguages and nations $ethe Dravidian proof in colonial Madras /$fThomas R. Trautmann 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (322 pages) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-520-24455-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIllustrations --$tPreface --$t1. Explosion in the Grammar Factory --$t2. P??ini and Tolk?ppiyar --$t3. Ellis and His Circle --$t4. The College --$t5. The Dravidian Proof --$t6. Legacies --$t7. Conclusions --$tAppendix A. The Legend of the Cow-Pox --$tAppendix B. The Dravidian Proof --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aBritish 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. 517 1 $aLanguages & nations 606 $aDravidian philology$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aOrientalism$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aIndologists$zIndia$zMadras$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aIndia$xStudy and teaching$zIndia$xHistory$y19th century 615 0$aDravidian philology$xHistory 615 0$aOrientalism$xHistory 615 0$aIndologists$xHistory 676 $a410 700 $aTrautmann$b Thomas R$0439030 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910811343703321 996 $aLanguages and nations$93972359 997 $aUNINA