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Development of Sandhi Phenomena in Sanskrit and Aśokan Prakrit and Pali

Authors

DOČKALOVÁ Lenka

Year of publication 2009
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Linguistica Brunensia
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Arts

Citation
Field Linguistics
Keywords sandhi; prakrit; sanskrit; pali; phonology
Description The paper deals with two types of Sandhi, vocalic and consonantal, in Sanskrit in comparison with Prakrits. In particular, it focuses on these problems: 1. junction of two vowels of the same quality, 2. junction of two vowels of different quality, 3. junction of two consonants or a consonant and a vowel. The mentioned processes are described and compared across the languages.

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