| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 240 pages) |
| Series |
Language and nature in the classical Roman world |
| Contents |
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 -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 08, 2019) |
| Subject |
Nature and civilization -- Rome -- History
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Naturalism.
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Latin language -- Social aspects -- Rome
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naturalism (philosophical movement)
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Civilization
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Latin language -- Social aspects
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Naturalism
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Nature and civilization
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Rome -- Civilization.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115094
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| Subject |
Rome (Empire)
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Pezzini, Giuseppe, 1984- editor.
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Taylor, Barnaby, 1972- editor.
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| ISBN |
9781108575461 |
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1108575463 |
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9781108671972 |
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1108671977 |
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