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Between grammar and rhetoric : Dionysius of Halicarnassus on language, linguistics and literature /
The Greek rhetorician Dionysius of Halicarnassus was active in Augustan Rome. For a long time, modern scholars have regarded him as a rather mediocre critic, whose works were only interesting because of the references to earlier scholars and the citations of literary fragments. By interpreting Diony...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2008.
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| Colección: | Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ;
301. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Conventions and Abbreviations
- Chapter 1
- Introduction
- 1.1. Dionysius on language, linguistics and literature: aims and methods
- 1.2. Classicism and Atticism
- 1.3. Dionysius' rhetorical works: their relative order and intended audience
- 1.4. Dionysius and the network of intellectuals in Augustan Rome
- 1.5. Rhetoric, philosophy, philology, grammar, musical and poetical theory
- 1.6. Dionysius' On Composition as a synthesis of ancient language disciplines
- Chapter 2
- Dionysius on the nature of language
- 2.1. Introduction
- 2.2. The hierarchical structure of language
- 2.3. Language, thought and reality
- 2.4. Greek and Latin
- 2.5. Philosophy of language in Dionysius' On Composition?
- 2.5.1. The alleged inconsistency in Dionysius' views on names and things
- 2.5.2. Objections to modern interpretations
- 2.5.3. Dionysius on mimetic words (Comp. 16)
- 2.5.4. Dionysius on mixing mean and beautiful rhythms (Comp. 18)
- 2.5.5. Dionysius on the pleasing combination of common words (Comp. 3)
- 2.5.6. No inconsistency in Dionysius' views on language
- 2.6. Conclusion
- Chapter 3
- Dionysius on the grammatical theory of the parts of speech
- 3.1. Introduction
- 3.2. Logos, lexis, and their parts in the various language disciplines
- 3.3. Dionysius' knowledge of earlier and contemporary theories
- 3.3.1. Dionysius' knowledge of earlier views on the parts of speech
- 3.3.2. Dionysius' knowledge of contemporary views on the parts of speech
- 3.3.3. Dionysius on the grammatical school curriculum
- 3.4. The double character of Dionysius' 956;959;961;953;945; 955;959;947;959;965;
- 3.5. Words, word classes and parts of the phrase: Dionysius' terminology
- 3.6. The word classes according to Dionysius
- 3.6.1. 959;969;959;956;945; and 960;961;959;963;951;947;959;961;953;954;959;957; (and 949;960;953;966;949;964;959;957;)
- 3.6.2. 961;951;956;945; and 956;949;964;959;967;951;
- 3.6.3.945;961;966;961;959;957; and 945;957;964;959;957;959;956;945;963;953;945;
- 3.6.4. 960;961;959;966;949;963;953;962; and 963;965;957;948;949;963;956;959;962;
- 3.6.5. 949;960;953;961;961;951;956;945;
- 3.6.6. Does Dionysius use a system of nine word classes?
- 3.7. The accidentia of the parts of speech: 963;957;956;946;949;946;951;954;959;964;945; versus 960;945;961;949;960;959;951;949;957;945;
- 3.8. Dionysius on the accidentia of nouns and verbs
- 3.9. Conclusion
- Chapter 4
- Linguistics, composition, and style: Dionysius' use of the parts of speech
- 4.1. Introduction
- 4.2. Dionysius as a historian of linguistics
- 4.2.1. Dionysius' history of the theory of the parts of speech
- 4.2.2. Dionysius' approach to the history of linguistics
- 4.2.3. Quintilian's history of the theory of the parts of speech
- 4.2.4. Dionysius, Quintilian and modern historians of linguistics
- 4.3. Dionysius as a rhetorician: the parts of speech in the theory of composition
- 4.3.1. The parts of speech as building blocks: text as architecture
- 4.3.2. The parts of speech in the description of composition types
- 4.4. Dionysius as a literary critic: the parts of speech and the analysis of style
- 4.4.1. Dionysius on the style of Thucydides
- 4.4.2. Dionysius' gra.