A Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian or South-Indian Family of Languages: Caldwell

[Jean-Luc Chevillard]

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Dear Hal,

is it known how respectful this edition is
of the various prefaces which editions 1., 2. and 3. may have contained)

I am having (on my shelf)

-- the 1976 reprint by the University of Madras) of the 3rd edition
  [said to have been already reprinted [by the same] in 1956, 1961, 1976]

-- the [UNDATED] reprint by the /Oriental Books Reprint Corporation/
(also allegedly based on the 3rd edition
  [but stating on the backside of the 3rd physical page
"First Indian Edition 1974"
  which is certainly wrong])

I would certainly like to know precisely what the differences between 
the various editions (1., 2. &  3.) are.

Caldwell's books are nowadays only of historical value
(except in Tamil Nadu where they are of Biblical value for a few devotees!)

Cheers

-- Jean-Luc
  [Historian of Linguistics]


Le 5/29/2010 4:44 PM, Harold Schiffman a écrit :
> VYAKARAN: South Asian Languages and Linguistics Net
> Editors:  Tej K. Bhatia, Syracuse University, New York
>            John Peterson, University of Osnabrueck, Germany
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> Dravidianists on this listserv will be interested to note that Caldwell's
> "A Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian or South-Indian Family of
> Languages" originally published in 1856, reprinted in 1961, has been
> reprinted by LINCOM.  There is no mention of the fact that this is a
> reprint of a book originally published in the mid-19th century!
>
> This notice appeared on Linguist-List:
>
>
> Title: A Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian or South-Indian Family
> of Languages
> Series Title: LINCOM Gramatica 14
> Published: 2010
> Publisher: Lincom GmbH
>                 http://www.lincom.eu
>
> Author: Robert A Caldwell
> Paperback: ISBN: 9783895861352 Pages: 686 Price: Europe EURO 88.20
> Abstract:
>
> The idioms which are included under the general term 'Dravidian',
> constitute the vernacular speech of the great majority of the inhabitants
> of Southern India. It is the object of the following work to examine and
> compare the grammatical principles and forms of the various Dravidian
> languages. In pursuing this object, it will be the writer's endeavor to
> point out everything which appears likely to throw any light on the
> question of the relation which the family of languages bears to the
> principal families or groups into which the languages of Europe and Asia
> have been divided (from the Introduction of the 3rd edition, 1913, London)
>
> Contents:
>
> Use of the Common Term 'Dravidian'
>
> Enumeration of Dravidian Languages (Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Canarese,
> Tulu, Kudagu or Coorg, Tuda, Kôta, Gond, Khond or Ku, Oraon)
>
> Comparative Grammar:
> Part I : Sounds (Alphabet, system of sounds)
> Part II: Roots
> Part III: The Noun
> Part IV: The Numerals
> Part V: The Pronoun
> Part VI: The Verb
> Part VII: Glossarial Affinities
>
> This re-edition has been published as no. 14 in the LINCOM Gramatica
> (LINGram) series (originally published 1913, 3rd edition, written in English).
>
> Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics
>                             Dravidian Languages
>                             General Linguistics
> Language Family(ies): Dravidian
>
> Written In: English (eng )
>
> See this book announcement on our website:
> http://linguistlist.org/pubs/books/get-book.cfm?BookID=48432
>
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>
>   Harold F. Schiffman
>
> Professor Emeritus of
>   Dravidian Linguistics and Culture
> Dept. of South Asia Studies
> University of Pennsylvania
> Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305
>
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