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لسانی مطالعات کی تاریخ: ایک مختصر جائزہ(ابتدا تا اٹھارویں صدی)

  • Rauf Parekh/
  • June 30, 2020
The History of Linguistic Studies: A Brief Review (from the Beginning to the Eighteenth Century)
Keywords
linguistics, philology, Mesopotamia, Persia, Arabia, Greece, Rome.
Abstract

The earliest relic that shows humankind’s interest in language is a glossary of words prepared in Mesopotamia some 5,500 years ago. This article describes in brief the history of linguistic studies since its inception and traces it from the earliest to the 18th century. It narrates the studies related to language that were taken up in different eras and different parts of the world, such as Mesopotamia, ancient India, Iran, China, the Arab world and the West. Though today the West is way ahead of the rest of the world when it comes to linguistics, the article attempts to show that this glory could not have been achieved without the early efforts carried out by scholars in eastern parts of the world, notably India where the earliest known grammar of Sanskrit was written by Panini.

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Parekh, R. (2020). لسانی مطالعات کی تاریخ: ایک مختصر جائزہ(ابتدا تا اٹھارویں صدی). بنیاد (مجّلہ دراساتِ اردو), 11(1), 11–22. https://bunyad.lums.edu.pk/website/journal/article/5f988783ebf08/page

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[1]Parekh, R. 2020. لسانی مطالعات کی تاریخ: ایک مختصر جائزہ(ابتدا تا اٹھارویں صدی). بنیاد (مجّلہ دراساتِ اردو). 11, 1 (June 2020), 11–22.
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(1)Parekh, R. لسانی مطالعات کی تاریخ: ایک مختصر جائزہ(ابتدا تا اٹھارویں صدی). بنیاد (مجّلہ دراساتِ اردو) 2020, 11 (1), 11–22.
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PAREKH, Rauf. لسانی مطالعات کی تاریخ: ایک مختصر جائزہ(ابتدا تا اٹھارویں صدی). بنیاد (مجّلہ دراساتِ اردو), v. 11, n. 1, p. 11–22, 30 June2020.
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Parekh, R. (2020) “لسانی مطالعات کی تاریخ: ایک مختصر جائزہ(ابتدا تا اٹھارویں صدی)”, بنیاد (مجّلہ دراساتِ اردو), 11(1), pp. 11–22. Available at: https://bunyad.lums.edu.pk/website/journal/article/5f988783ebf08/page (Accessed: 15 May 2026).
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[1]R. Parekh, “لسانی مطالعات کی تاریخ: ایک مختصر جائزہ(ابتدا تا اٹھارویں صدی)”, بنیاد (مجّلہ دراساتِ اردو), vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 11–22, June 2020, Accessed: May 15, 2026. [Online]. Available: https://bunyad.lums.edu.pk/website/journal/article/5f988783ebf08/page
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Parekh, Rauf. “لسانی مطالعات کی تاریخ: ایک مختصر جائزہ(ابتدا تا اٹھارویں صدی)”. بنیاد (مجّلہ دراساتِ اردو), vols. 11, no. 1, June 2020, pp. 11–22, https://bunyad.lums.edu.pk/website/journal/article/5f988783ebf08/page.
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Parekh, Rauf. “لسانی مطالعات کی تاریخ: ایک مختصر جائزہ(ابتدا تا اٹھارویں صدی)”. بنیاد (مجّلہ دراساتِ اردو) 11, no. 1 (June 30, 2020): 11–22. Accessed May 15, 2026. https://bunyad.lums.edu.pk/website/journal/article/5f988783ebf08/page.
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1.Parekh R. لسانی مطالعات کی تاریخ: ایک مختصر جائزہ(ابتدا تا اٹھارویں صدی). بنیاد (مجّلہ دراساتِ اردو) [Internet]. 2020 June 30 [cited 2026 May 15];11(1):11–22. Available from: https://bunyad.lums.edu.pk/website/journal/article/5f988783ebf08/page
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1.Parekh R. لسانی مطالعات کی تاریخ: ایک مختصر جائزہ(ابتدا تا اٹھارویں صدی). بنیاد (مجّلہ دراساتِ اردو). 2020;11(1):11–22. Accessed May 15, 2026. https://bunyad.lums.edu.pk/website/journal/article/5f988783ebf08/page

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Author(s):

Rauf Parekh

Professor

Department of Urdu, University of Karachi, Karachi

Pakistan

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Type: Article
Volume: 11
Issue: 1
Language: Urdu
Id: 5f988783ebf08
Pages 11 - 22
Published June 30, 2020

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