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Grammar and philosophy in late antiquity [electronic resource]

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This book examines the various philosophical influences contained in the ancient description of the noun. According to the traditional view, grammar adopted its philosophical categories in the second century B.C. and continued to make use of precisely the same concepts for over six hundred years, that is, until the time of Priscian (ca. 500). The standard view is questioned in this study, which investigates in detail the philosophy contained in Priscian's Institutiones grammaticae. This investigation reveals a distinctly Platonic element in Priscian's grammar, which has not been recogni

Title Grammar and philosophy in late antiquity [electronic resource] : a study of Priscian's sources / Anneli Luhtala.
Publisher Amsterdam
Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub.
Creation Date c2005
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
English
Content GRAMMAR AND PHILOSOPHY IN LATE ANTIQUITY: A STUDY OF PRISCIAN'S SOURCES
Editorial page
Title page
Copyright page
Table of contents
PREFACE
1. INTRODUCTION
2. PHILOSOPHICAL TRADITION
3. THE ALEXANDRIAN GRAMMARIANS
4. HELLENISTIC SYNCRETISM
5. LATIN GRAMMARIANS
6. PRISCIAN
7. THE STATUS OF THE EIGHT PARTS OF SPEECH
8. AUGUSTINE
GENERAL CONCLUSIONS
REFERENCES
INDEX AUCTORUM
INDEX RERUM
Series Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series III, Studies in the history of the language sciences, 0304-0720
v. 107
Extent 1 online resource (181 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010705768205171
MARC RECORDS
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