Re: [indic] Halant - can it be called a "Linguistic Zero" (Panini)?

From: N. Ganesan (naa.ganesan@gmail.com)
Date: Wed Apr 28 2010 - 14:23:50 CDT

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On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 1:39 PM, JAGANADH G <jaganadhg@gmail.com> wrote:
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> The same thing I am asking. What is linguistic zero ?!
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The concept of lopa in Panini has given birth to "linguistic zero" in modern
Linguistics.

> Some where in your mail I saw 'Panini'. Are you referring to the aphorism
> "upəd̪ɛːɕɛː ən̪t̪jəm ɦəlit̪sjaːt̪" ?
> If so how it becomes a linguistic zero
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'adarshanam lopah' (P. 1.1.60) - disappearance of a sound or morpheme.
lopa = elision, deletion, cutting off etc.,

The halant mark (e.g. puLLi in Tamil attested in First century CE in
Satavahana coinage)
does the function of linguistic zeroing, i.e., deleting /a/ in an aksharam.

N. Ganesan

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