The history of grammar in the Middle Ages : collected papers / R.W. Hunt ; edited, with an introduction, a select bibliography, and indices by G.L. Bursill-Hall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hunt, Richard William, 1908-1979.

Contributor:

Bursill-Hall, G. L.

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Studies in the history of linguistics ; Series III, v. 5.

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series III, Studies in the history of linguistics, 0304-0720 ; v. 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--History.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (250 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, 1980.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume brings together a number of papers written by R. W. Hunt (1908-1979) on the history of grammar in the Middle Ages. The importance of these papers lies almost as much in the spark of scholarly investigation that they have inspired, as in their contribution to original research. The first three studies in this collection deal with the change in grammatical doctrine that took place in the late 11th and 12th centuries and from which all subsequent developments during the creative period of medieval grammatical speculation derive. The fourth paper deals with a problem that concerns all

Contents:

THE HISTORY OF GRAMMAR IN THE MIDDLE AGES; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; PREFACE; Table of contents; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; NOTES; SELECTBIBLIOGRAPHY; STUDIES ON PRISCIAN IN THE ELEVENTH AND TWELFTH CENTURIES; STUDIES ON PRISCIAN IN THE TWELFTH CENTURY; ABSOLUTA THE SUMMA OF PETRUS HISPANUS ON PRISCIANUS MINOR; THE INTRODUCTIONS TO THE 'ARTES' IN THE TWELFTH CENTURY; HUGUTIO AND PETRUS HELIAS; THE 'LOST' PREFACE TO THE LIBER DERIVATIONUM OF OSBERN OF GLOUCESTER; OXFORD GRAMMAR MASTERS IN THE MIDDLE AGES; INDICES

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-283-31434-7

9786613314345

90-272-8097-5

OCLC:

756484604