Grammar and philosophy in late antiquity
Subtitle: a study of Priscian's sources
By: Anneli Luhtala.
Series: Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science.; v. 107
Publisher: John Benjamins Pub.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 171
Subjects: Grammar, Comparative and general -- History.
Description: "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."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [156]-164) and indexes.