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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828752803321

Autore

Amsler Mark <1949->

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

9786613092830

1-283-09283-2

90-272-8603-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 pages)

Collana

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

Disciplina

480/.09/02

Soggetti

Classical languages - Etymology

Classical languages - Grammar

Classical philology - History - To 1500

Linguistics - History - To 1500

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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