From the more iconic to the less iconic linguistic form: morphological syntagms in Pāṇini

PONTILLO Tiziana

2018-01-01

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Abstract

Starting from Kastovsky’s definition of “morphological syntagm”, the author tries to understand whether any similarity exists between complex word forms (such as compounds and secondary derivatives) and the matching source-phrases which should be taken into account in the relevant formation-rules according to Pāṇini’s teaching. Thus, A 2.1.1 is interpreted and tested in a fresh manner, leading to the outline of a a scalar pattern of iconicity which encompasses the several outputs of the provisions it governs.