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    Saṃsādhanī Praveśikā:

    Learning Sanskrit using Computational Tools


    An Introduction

    Amba Kulkarni

    Department of Sanskrit Studies,


    University of Hyderabad,
    Hyderabad

    Course Code: OE102

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    Amba Kulkarni OE102
    Linguistic Theories in India

    Language: Means of communication.

    Communication is a two way process between a speaker and a listener.

    Speaker expresses his/her thoughts through a language string.

    Listener deciphers the language string into thoughts.

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    Amba Kulkarni OE102
    Linguistic Theories in India

    Indian civilisation - the only civilisation that developed the theories of verbal communication

    Pāṇini’s grammar: Converting thoughts into a language

    Theories of verbal cognition (Śābdabodha): Deciphering a language string into thoughts.

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    Amba Kulkarni OE102
    Linguistic Theories in India

    Goal: To protect the Vedas

    Development of Vedāṅga - limbs of Vedas


    ▶ Śikṣā (Phonetics, Phonology)
    ▶ Chandas (Prosody)
    ▶ Vyākaraṇa (Grammar)
    ▶ Nirukta (Etymology)
    ▶ Kalpa (Geometry)
    ▶ Jyotiṣa (Astronomy)

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    Amba Kulkarni OE102
    Linguistic Theories in India

    The mathematical method is characteristic of much of Western philosophy whereas the


    grammatical method is characteristic of much of Indian philosophy.
    Daniel H H Ingalls, ‘Comparison of Indian and Western Philosophy’, Journal of Oriental
    Research, (2),1954.

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    Amba Kulkarni OE102
    Why Learn Sanskrit?

    ▶ To understand the Sanskrit texts in original

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    Amba Kulkarni OE102
    Language Learning
    Learning a language involves learning
    ▶ Script
    ▶ Pronunciation
    ▶ Spellings
    ▶ Vocabulary
    ▶ Morphology - word formation
    ▶ Syntax - sentence formation
    ▶ Segmentation (identifying word and sentence boundaries)
    ▶ Semantics - meaning of words, sentences
    ▶ Understanding the discourse, ...
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    ▶ Cultural Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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    Amba Kulkarni OE102
    Language Learning ..
    Measuring a Language Barrier

    D(L1,L2) = Time taken to learn L2 given that the person knows L1

    Goal: To minimize D(L1,L2), as much as possible

    Strategy: Man-Machine combination

    Share the load between man and machine

    Machine Rote Memory + Logic


    Man World Knowledge, Common sense
    Cultural Knowledge,Domain Knowledge,...

    However there is a strong coupling between the two loads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


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    Amba Kulkarni OE102
    Load reduction in Language Learning

    ▶ Script (100%)
    ▶ Pronunciation (-)
    ▶ Spellings (-)
    ▶ Vocabulary (Online dictionaries)
    ▶ Morphology - word formation ( 95%)
    ▶ Syntax - sentence formation ( 60-70%)
    ▶ Semantics - meaning of words, sentences
    ▶ Understanding the discourse, ...
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    ▶ ....
    ▶ Cultural Background
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    Amba Kulkarni OE102

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