History of Linguistics Volume II

Giulio C. Lepschy

This is a history of linguistic thought, rather than an account of the development of modern linguistic science. To be published in four volumes, it aims to give the reader access to the prevailing attitudes to language in different civilizations and in different periods.

IntroductionAcknowledgementsNotes on the contributors1. Greek and Latin linguistics, Peter Matthews1.1 Introduction1.2 Phonetics and phonology1.3 The status and origin of words1.4 Elements of the sentence1.5 The prehistory of grammar1.6 Grammars under the Empire2. Medieval linguistics, Edoardo Vineis and Alfonso Maierù2.1 Introduction, Edoardo Vineis2.2 Linguistics and grammar, Edoardo Vineis2.2.1 Schools and centres of culture from Late Antiquity to the Carolingian Renaissance2.2.2 Schools and centres of culture from the Carolingian Renaissance to the threshold of Humanism2.2.3 Knowledge of the Latin grammarians in the various areas of Europe2.2.4 Boethius, Cassiodorus, and Isidore of Seville2.2.5 Iulianus Toletanus and the beginnings of the early medieval grammatical tradition up to the works of Virgil the grammarian2.2.6 'Elementary grammarians' and 'exegetic grammars' up to the Carolingian Renaissance2.2.7 The tenth-twelfth century commentaries on Donatus and Priscian: first indications of the appearance of a speculative grammar2.2.8 Doctrinale and the Grecismus2.2.9 Lexiographic activity2.2.10 Grammars for the teaching of Latin written in other languages: the example of Aelfric2.2.11 The grammatical description of other languages other than Latin2.2.12 Elements of synchronic descriptions of the different local pronunciations of Latin inferable from medieval Latin grammars2.3 The philosophy of language, Alfonso Maierù2.3.1 Platonism in the early Middle Ages2.3.2 Aristotelianism in the eleventh and twelfth centuries2.3.3 The grammar of the Modistae2.3.4 Critics of the ModistaeNotes Bibliographical referencesIndex