The mirror of grammar : theology, philosophy, and the Modistae / L.G. Kelly.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kelly, L. G. (Louis G.)

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Studies in the history of the language sciences ; Series III, v. 101.

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series III, Studies in the history of the language sciences ; v. 101

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Speculative grammar.

Physical Description:

x, 236 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Much is known about the grammar of the modistae and about its eclipse; this book sets out to trace its rise. In the late eleventh century grammar became an analytical rather than an exegetical discipline under the impetus of the new theology. Under the impetus of Arab learning the ancient sciences were reshaped according to the norms of Aristotle's Analytics, and developed within a structure of speculative sciences beginning with grammar and culminating in theology. Though the modistae acknowledge Aristotle, Donatus, Priscian and the Arab commentators, their roots also lie in Augustine and Boethius, and they took as much from their scholastic contemporaries as they gave them. This book traces the genesis of a grammar which communicated freely with other speculative sciences, shared their structures and methods, and affirmed its own individuality by defining its object as the causes of language.

Contents:

Title

Editorial page

Title page

LCC data

Table of contents

Introduction: Situating the 'Modistae'

Chapter 1. 'Vox', articulation and porphyry

Chapter 2. Esse, intelligere, significare

Chapter 3. Noun and pronoun

Chapter 4. Verb and particle

Chapter 5. The indeclinable parts of speech

Chapter 6. Construction and syntax

Conclusion. Silvering the mirror of language

References

Index auctoritatum

Index rerum

Studies in the history of the language sciences.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-223) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-282-25486-3

0-585-46252-6

90-272-9730-4

9780585462526

9786612254864

OCLC:

614618209