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Grammatica, Gramadach and Gramadeg: Vernacular grammar and grammarians in medieval Ireland and Wales

Edited by Deborah Hayden and Paul Russell

Grammatica, Gramadach, and Gramadeg : Vernacular grammar and grammarians in medieval Ireland and Wales is concerned with the history of linguistic ideas and literary theory in the vernacular languages of medieval Ireland and Wales. While much good work, especially by Vivian Law, has been done on… read more

[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 125] 2016. xvi, 226 pp.

Eriugenas negative Ontologie

Sebastian Florian Weiner

Recently, there has been an upsurge of interest in the work Periphyseon of the early medieval philosopher John Scot Eriugena. Previous research has classified the book either as a piece of Neoplatonic philosophy or as part of the Latin dialectic tradition, which has led to one-sided interpretations. read more

[Bochumer Studien zur Philosophie, 46] 2007. ix, 222 pp.

Reinardus: Yearbook of the International Reynard Society. Volume 13 (2000)

Edited by Brian J. Levy and Paul Wackers

[Reinardus, 13] 2000. viii, 278 pp.

Reinardus: Yearbook of the International Reynard Society. Volume 12 (1999)

Edited by Brian J. Levy and Paul Wackers

[Reinardus, 12] 1999. vi, 248 pp.

History of Linguistic Thought in the Early Middle Ages

Edited by Vivien A. Law

Surveys of linguistics in the Middle Ages often begin with the twelfth century, dismissing the preceding six centuries as 'devoid of originality' or 'dependent upon Donatus and Priscian'. This collection of articles devoted to linguistics in the early Middle Ages attempts to redress the balance by… read more

[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 71] 1993. viii, 255 pp.

De Ortu Grammaticae: Studies in medieval grammar and linguistic theory in memory of Jan Pinborg

Edited by Geoffrey L. Bursill-Hall, Sten Ebbesen and E.F.K. Koerner †

The Danish scholar Jan Pinborg (1937-1982) made outstanding contributions to our understanding of medieval language study. The papers in this volume clearly demonstrate the wealth of Pinborg's scholarly interests and the extent of his influence.Though centered on medieval theories of grammar and… read more

[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 43] 1990. x, 372 pp.

Peter of Spain: Language in Dispute. An English translation of Peter of Spain's Tractatus called afterwards Summulae Logicales, based on the critical edition by L.M. de Rijk

Francis P. Dinneen, S.J.

This volume presents an English translation of Petrus Hispanus Portugalensis’ (d. 1277) Tractatus — called afterwards Summulae Logicales — on the basis of the critical edition established by L. M. de Rijk (1972). The Summulae’s first part (I-V) introduces Aristotelian ideas familiar enough at the… read more

[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 39] 1990. xl, 271 pp.

Etymology and Grammatical Discourse in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages

Mark E. Amsler

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,… read more

[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 44] 1989. xi, 280 pp.

On the Medieval Theory of Signs

Edited by Umberto Eco and Costantino Marmo

In the course of the long debate on the nature and the classification of signs, from Boethius to Ockham, there are at least three lines of thought: the Stoic heritage, that influences Augustine, Abelard, Francis Bacon; the Aristotelian tradition, stemming from the commentaries on De… read more

[Foundations of Semiotics, 21] 1989. ix, 224 pp.

The Foundations of Grammar: An introduction to medieval Arabic grammatical theory

Jonathan Owens

The Arabic grammatical tradition is one of the great traditions in the history of linguistics, yet it is also one that is comparatively unknown to modern western linguistics. The purpose of the present book is to provide an introduction to this grammatical tradition not merely by summarizing it,… read more

[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 45] 1988. xii, 371 pp.

Sprachphilosophie in Antike und Mittelalter: Bochumer Kolloquium, 2.–4. Juni 1982

Herausgegeben von Burkhard Mojsisch

[Bochumer Studien zur Philosophie, 3] 1986. vii, 488 pp.

From Linguistics to Literature: Romance Studies offered to Francis M. Rogers

Edited by Bernard H. Bichakjian

Francis M. Rogers, to whom the current volume is in honor of, may be a modest man in principle, but not in his academic pursuits. To call his interests broad in scope is no exaggeration as they cover the fields of linguistics, literature, philology, bibliography, travel narratives and celestial… read more

[Not in series, 13] 1981. x, 292 pp. + 6 ills.

Godfrey of Fontaine's Abridgement of Boethius of Dacia's Modi Significandi sive Quaestiones super Priscianum Maiorem: A text edition with English translation and introduction

Edited by A. Charlene Senape McDermott

This volume presents the Latin text, critically established by Heinrich Roos, S.J. and Jan Pinborg (Copenhagen 1969), together with an English translation on opposite pages. This is prefaced by an introductory article, which places Boethius the Dane’s Modistic grammar into historical perspective. A… read more

[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 22] 1980. ix, 237 pp.

The History of Grammar in the Middle Ages: Collected Papers. With a select bibliography, and indices

Richard William Hunt (1908–1979)

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… read more

[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 5] 1980. xxxvi, 214 pp.

Studies in Medieval Linguistic Thought: Dedicated to Geofrey L. Bursill-Hall on the occassion of his 60th birthday on 15 May 1980

Edited by E.F.K. Koerner †, Hans-Josef Niederehe and Robert H. Robins

This volume presents a set of papers on linguistic thought in the Middle Ages. It is complemented by a comprehensive bibliography and indices. The papers in this volume appeared earlier in Historiographia Linguistica 7:1/2 (1980). read more

[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 26] 1980. vi, 321 pp.

'Quaestiones Alberti de Modis significandi': A critical edition

Pseudo-Albertus Magnus

This book provides a critical edition, translation and commentary of the British Museum Incunabulum C.21.C.52 and the Cambridge Incunabulum 5.J.3.7. of the Quaestiones Alberti. Although the British Museum catalogue ascribes the incunabulum to Albertus Magnus, the authorship is debated.The format of… read more

[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 15] 1977. xxxvii, 191 pp.

Summa modorum significandi; Sophismata: New edition, on the basis of G. Wallerand's editio prima

Sigerus De Cortraco

The writings of Siger of Courtrai were first edited by Gaston Wallerand in 1913. This new edition on the basis of Wallerand's editio prima , with additions, critical notes, and an introduction by Jan Pinborg, reprints the two works from that edition that have an immediate relevance for the study of… read more

[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 14] 1977. xli, 108 pp. Small-4to.