George Cardona
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George Cardona (/kɑːrˈdoʊnə/; born June 3, 1936) is an American linguist, Indologist, Sanskritist, and scholar of Pāṇini. Described as "a luminary" in Indo-European, Indo-Aryan, and Pāṇinian linguistics since the early sixties,[6]: ix Cardona has been recognized as the leading Western scholar of the Indian grammatical tradition (vyākaraṇa) and of the great Indian grammarian Pāṇini.[7]: 902 [8]: 269 He is currently Professor Emeritus of Linguistics and South Asian Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.[9][10] Cardona was credited by Mohammad Hamid Ansari, the vice president of India, for making the University of Pennsylvania a "center of Sanskrit learning in North America",[11] along with Professors W. Norman Brown, Ludo Rocher, Ernest Bender, Wilhelm Halbfass, and several other Sanskritists.
George Cardona | |
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Born | (1936-06-03) June 3, 1936 (age 87) New York City, United States |
Nationality | American |
Years active | Early 1960s ‒ Present |
Known for | Scholarship in Indo-European, Indo-Aryan, Vedic, Vyākaraṇan, Pāṇinian, and general historical linguistics |
Title | Professor Emeritus of Linguistics |
Board member of | President of the American Oriental Society (1989-1990) |
Academic background | |
Education |
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Thesis | Indo-European Thematic Aorists (1960) |
Doctoral advisor | Paul Thieme |
Influences | Pāṇini, Paul Thieme, Pt. Jagannath S. Pade Shastri, Pt. Ambika Prasad Upadhyaya, Pt. K.S. Krishnamurti Shastri, Pt. Raghunatha Sharma[1] |
Academic work | |
Era | Contemporary |
Discipline | Linguistics |
Sub-discipline | Indology and Indian linguistics |
Main interests | Pāṇinian linguistics; Sanskrit grammar and culture |
Notable works | Studies in Indian grammarians, I: The method of description reflected in the śivasūtras (1969);[2] Pāṇini: A Survey of Research (1976);[3] Pāṇini: His work and its traditions (1988);[4] Recent Research in Pāṇinian Studies (1999)[5] |
Influenced | Madhav M. Deshpande, Peter E. Hook, Peter M. Scharf [1] |
Website | ling |