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Swiggers, Pierre, Alfons Wouters and Valerie Van Elst 2020 Greek grammatical learning papyri: Typology, function and formats History of Linguistics 2017: Selected papers from the 14th International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences, (ICHoLS 14), Paris, 28 August – 1 September, Aussant, Émilie and Jean-Michel Fortis (eds.), pp. 173–188 | Chapter

This contribution offers an attempt at defining the genre of grammatical school papyri, on the basis of a corpus of some 65 relevant papyri, roughly ranging from the 1st to the 8th century AD. After a brief overview of the heuristic and methodological state of the art, we offer a content-based… read more

Swiggers, Pierre and Alfons Wouters 2011 Grammatical doxography in Antiquity: The (hi-)stories of the parts-of-speech system History of Linguistics 2008: Selected papers from the eleventh International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences (ICHoLS XI), 28 August - 2 September 2008, Potsdam, Haßler, Gerda (ed.), pp. 69–91 | Article

The origin and development of the parts-of-speech system was the subject of retrospective accounts written by ancient Greek and Latin authors interested in this evolutionary process of grammaticography. These accounts, containing a survey of doctrines and viewpoints concerning the number and nature… read more

Swiggers, Pierre and Alfons Wouters 2007 On the origins of the participle as a part of speech History of Linguistics 2005: Selected papers from the Tenth International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences (ICHOLS X), 1–5 September 2005, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, Kibbee, Douglas A. (ed.), pp. 50–66 | Article

The participle is one of the eight parts of speech in ancient Greek grammaticography. In spite of its constant inclusion in grammar manuals of the ancient Greek tradition, its status is problematic given that the participle is defined not in terms of proper and specific characteristics, but… read more

Wouters, Alfons 2006 I frammenti di Aristarco di Samotracia negli etimologici bizantini: Etymologicum Genuinum, Magnum, Symeonis, Megale Grammatike, Zonarae Lexicon. Introduzione, edizione critica e commento. By Francesca Schironi Historiographia Linguistica 33:3, pp. 404–409 | Review

Lenoble, Muriel, Pierre Swiggers et Alfons Wouters 2003 La structure des artes grammaticae latine: L’exemple du pronom History of Linguistics 1999: Selected papers from the Eighth International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences, 14–19 September 1999, Fontenay-St.Cloud, Auroux, Sylvian (ed.), pp. 1–18 | Article

Swiggers, Pierre and Alfons Wouters 1999 A Round-Table Discussion History of Linguistics 1996: Volume 2: From Classical to Contemporary Linguistics, Cram, David, Andrew R. Linn and Elke Nowak (eds.), pp. 3–14 | Chapter