Language Studies
13 Threads
The Masonic (G) 🧵 In the English Alphabet, G is the Seventh Letter but the letter "G" or Gamma in Greek and in the Semitic Tongues (Gimel) is not Seventh but the Third Letter. "G"...
The Absolute Minimum a Student of Knowledge Should Memorise: First thing is the Qur'an. This should be a given. After that: Nahw: Nadhm al Ajurrūmiyyah by Al Shinqītī (150 lines...
Jakob Jakobsen's "An Etymological Dictionary of the Norn Language in Shetland", published in two vols in 1928 & 1932, still stands as the unrivalled source book of information on t...
Garzoni's "Grammatica e vocabolario della lingua kurda", printed by the Propaganda Fide in Rome in 1787, was the first printed grammar of the Kurdish language and the first descrip...
Great thread! But I partly get the gripes of the Hindus here We are emotionally invested in Sanskrit as the great liturgical language + carrier of Indian intellectual traditions...
Researchers studying regionalism and diversity in Russia produced tons of great books on Caucasus but very few on Volga region. This is by far the best book on Tatarstan that I kno...
George Orwell explored the power of language to shape our thinking, including the power of deliberately sloppy language to distort thought. He explored these concerns not only in h...
After I took up research & study on Hindu temples, I found some excellent ancient texts with only "Hindi translation". Had I not been familiar with Hindi reading, I cannot fathom t...
A discussion on Hittite texts and relationships to Greek tradition, something Bachvarova has been pushing. https://t.co/JVcOcT4K5Y
Does language shape thought? Do the languages we speak affect how we live our lives? In a forthcoming article in Language, I revisit one of the oldest debates in the social science...
How a Kiwi woman revealed the slavish mindset of secular Hindus. 1. Flaxen haired Robyn is an amazing 20something. A noble soul whom Saraswati, Lakshmi and Aphrodite have blessed,...
How reliable is Sir Jadunath Sarkar's work as concerns Maratha history ? Not very reliable. His knowledge of Persian and English was excellent, Marathi not much. In fact he lea...
Many critics, for example Orientalist Arthur Jeffrey, say that the Qiraat are mistakes and emerge from the thoroughly dotless Uthmani mushaf . Well, for a Qiraat to be accepted, it...
