16.443, Books: History of Ling/Philosophy of Lang: Luhtala

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Date: 09-Feb-2005
From: Paul Peranteau < paul at benjamins.com >
Subject: Grammar and Philosophy in Late Antiquity: Luhtala

	
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Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 10:26:38
From: Paul Peranteau < paul at benjamins.com >
Subject: Grammar and Philosophy in Late Antiquity: Luhtala




Title: Grammar and Philosophy in Late Antiquity
Subtitle: A study of Priscian's sources
Series Title: Studies in the History of the Language Sciences 107

Publication Year: 2005
Publisher: John Benjamins
	   http://www.benjamins.com/
	

Book URL: http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=SiHoLS%20107


Author: Anneli Luhtala, University of Helsinki

Hardback: ISBN: 1588116255 Pages: x,171 Price: U.S. $ 119.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9027245983 Pages: x,171 Price: U.S. $ 99.00


Abstract:

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 recognised in linguistic historiography. Thus, grammar manifestly
interacted with philosophy in Late Antiquity. This discovery led to the
reconsideration of the origin of all the philosophical categories of the
noun. Since the authenticity of the Techne, which was attributed to
Dionysius Thrax, is now regarded as uncertain, it is possible to speculate
that the semantic categories are derived from Late Antiquity.


Table of contents

Preface  ix
1. Introduction  1
2. Philosophical Tradition  12
3. The Alexandrian Grammarians  25
4. Hellenistic Syncretism  30
5. Latin Grammarians  38
6. Priscian  79
7. The Status of the Eight Parts of Speech  129
8. Augustine  138
Conclusions  149
General Conclusions  151
References  156
Index Auctorum  165
Index Rerum  167



Linguistic Field(s): History of Linguistics
                     Philosophy of Language


Written In: English  (ENG)
	
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