Section of Linguistics, 19th World Sanskrit Conference in Kathmandu, Nepal, 26-30 June 2025

As one of the most widely recognized branches of science represented in all major universities of the world, linguistics is also the scientific discipline where the solid and clearly identifiable pioneering achievements of the Sanskrit tradition from the first millennium BCE onwards are most widely recognized. Abstracts of articles in the broad field of Sanskrit linguistics are invited preferably in English, because of its status as a scientific language of general accessibility throughout the world; but also, given its long-standing status as an academic language in linguistics, in Sanskrit.

Topics could include the linguistic analysis of Sanskrit (including Vedic Sanskrit, and Sanskrit/Vedic from an Indo-Iranian and/or Indo-European perspective), linguistic theories and semantics, the history of linguistics with reference to Sanskrit...

All abstracts submitted to the Linguistics section will be judged in the same transparent manner based on the originality of the contribution (apūrvatva), the indication of evidence in the form of linguistic observations and source citations (pratyakṣa), the theoretical framework (āgama), and, where appropriate, a summary of the argument (anumāna). Papers dealing primarily with philological issues or non-linguistic topics will be referred to one of the other sections of the 19th World Sanskrit Conference.

Please note that the extended deadline is now set at 30 September 2024. https://www.nepalworldsanskrit.org/Home/Perabstractsubmision

(In case you have submitted your abstract before the rescheduling of the conference to June 2025, and did not receive an abstract confirmation, you are invited to resubmit.)

For the names of the conveners of all Sections, including Linguistics, see:

https://www.nepalworldsanskrit.org/Home/Sectionsandconvenors?Name=Sections%20and%20Conveners