Re: Bizot's Kaccayana?

Well, I have now written to F. Bizot directly asking about the book
(we shall see if I get a reply); Filliozat said that it was published
in Cambodia (i.e., not by the EFEO?) --but perhaps it was merely
inspired in Cambodia.

On an unrelated topic: I reviewed Duroiselle's chapter on Syntax
today, and agree (again) with Ole's earlier statement that almost
nothing has been written about word-order in the Pali language.

(e.g.) Although Duroiselle makes some useful comments about negatives
("na", "no", etc.), what is needed here is something concrete as to
why the negation is sometimes before the verb, sometimes before a
substantive, and sometimes ... elsewhere in the sentence.  The same
can be said of just about everything mentioned in his chapter on
Syntax (e.g., position of interrogatives, etc.).

The Pali textbooks I have used have left me very uncertain as to what
is possible, what impossible, and what optimal, in the order of words
when constructing a sentence.  Presumably, one gets a vague sense of
this over time; but I would prefer to read an analytic treatment of
the subject than to develop my instincts on imperfect examples.

E.M.