TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kelly,L.G.
TI  - The mirror of grammar: theology, philosophy, and the Modistae 
T2  - Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series III, Studies in the history of the language sciences
SN  - 0585462526
AV  - P156 .K45 2002eb
U1  - 415 22
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Amsterdam, Philadelphia
PB  - J. Benjamins Pub. Co.
KW  - Speculative grammar
KW  - Grammaire spéculative
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
KW  - Grammar & Punctuation
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Linguistics
KW  - Syntax
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-223) and indexes; 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
N2  - 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 Boe
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