Rule Interaction, Blocking and Derivation in Pānini*

摘要

Panini's grammar is a class of rules formulated based on generalization abstracted from usage, so that the vast oceans of words could be properly understood. This class of rules will consist of general (utsarga) and their related particulars (visesa). A general rule, since it is to be formulated with certain generalizations made about its scope of application, must yield to its related particulars which would necessarily require delineation of their own particular scope of application.