Etymology and grammatical discourse in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages / Mark Amsler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Amsler, Mark, 1949-

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Studies in the history of the language sciences ; Series III, 44.

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series III, Studies in the history of the language sciences, 0304-0720 ; v. 44

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Classical languages--Etymology.

Classical languages.

Classical languages--Grammar.

Classical philology--History--To 1500.

Classical philology.

Linguistics--History--To 1500.

Linguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1989.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study focuses on the uses of the grammatical concept of etymologia in primarily Latin writings from the early Middle Ages. Etymologia is a fundamental procedure and discursive strategy in the philosophy and analysis of language in early medieval Latin grammar, as well as in Biblical exegesis, encyclopedic writing, theology, and philosophy. Read through the frame of poststructuralist analysis of discourse and the philosophy of science, the procedure of the ars grammatica are interpreted as overlapping genres (commentary, glossary, encyclopedia, exegesis) which use different verbal or extra

Contents:

ETYMOLOGY AND GRAMMATICAL DISCOURSE IN LATE ANTIQUITY AND THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Prelude; 1. Etymology and Discourse in Late Antiquity; 2. Technical and Exegetical Grammar Before Isidore; 3. Isidore of Seville and the Etymological Encyclopedia; 4. The Text of Early Medieval Grammar; Postlude; References; Index; The series Studies in the History of the Language Sciences

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613092830

1-283-09283-2

90-272-8603-5

OCLC:

713010235