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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457769403321

Autore

Hunt Richard William <1908-1979.>

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, 1980

ISBN

1-283-31434-7

9786613314345

90-272-8097-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (250 p.)

Collana

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

Altri autori (Persone)

Bursill-HallG. L

Disciplina

415/.09/02

Soggetti

Grammar, Comparative and general - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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