Overview
- Offers the first book-length examination of Buddhism and Linguistics
- Explores original topics such as the connection between Buddhism and semiotics; parallels between Buddhism and the human mind; markedness, Buddhist philosophy and linguistics
- Presents studies of Buddhism and Linguistics in Japan, India, China, Mongolia and Sri Lanka
- Provides novel insights into the interdisciplinary study of the interface between Buddhism and Linguistics
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
Keywords
- Buddhism in India
- Buddhist philosophy of language
- Abhidharma
- Madhyamaka
- Yogācāra
- Zen Buddhism
- ontological linguistics
- Martin Heidegger
- Japanese Esoteric Buddhism
- Buddhist discourse
- Sign Systems
- Semiotics
- Language and reality
- linguistic philosophy
- Buddhism in Mongolia
- Sanskrit
- Buddhism in China
- Chinese phonology
- Buddhism in South Asia
- Buddhist soteriology
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Buddhism and Linguistics
Book Subtitle: Theory and Philosophy
Editors: Manel Herat
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67413-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-67412-4Published: 20 November 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88427-1Published: 01 September 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-67413-1Published: 11 November 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 191
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations
Topics: Asian Languages, Buddhism, Philosophy of Language, Ontology, Semiotics