Language and Nature in the Classical Roman World (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Pezzini, Giuseppe

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Produktbeschreibung

A familiar theme in Greek philosophy, largely due to the influence of Plato's Cratylus, linguistic naturalism (the notion that linguistic facts, structures or behaviour are in some significant sense determined by nature) constitutes a major but under-studied area of Roman linguistic thought. Indeed, it holds significance not only for the history of linguistics but also for philosophy, stylistics, rhetoric and more. The chapters in this volume deal with a range of naturalist theories in a variety of authors including Cicero, Varro, Nigidius Figulus, Posidonius, and Dionysius of Halicarnassus. The result is a complex and multi-faceted picture of how language and nature were believed to interrelate in the classical Roman world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108575461
• Artikelnr.: 57077264

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: first thoughts on language and nature Giuseppe Pezzini and
Barnaby Taylor; 1. Posidonius' linguistic naturalism and its philosophical
pedigree Alexander Verlinsky; 2. Lucilius on Latin spelling, grammar and
usage Anna Chahoud; 3. Nigidius Figulus' naturalism: between grammar and
philosophy Alessandro Garcea; 4. Naturalism in morphology: Varro on
derivation and inflection Wolfgang D. C. De Melo; 5. What's Hecuba to him?
Varro on the natural kinship of things and of words David Blank; 6.
Linguistic naturalism in Cicero's Academica Tobias Reinhardt; 7. Linguistic
naturalism and natural style: from Varro and Cicero to Dionysius of
Halicarnassus Casper C. de Jonge; 8. Natural law and natural language in
the first century BCE James Zetzel.