Apollonius Dyscolus The Syntax of Apollonius Dyscolus |
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| Translated with commentary by:
| Householder, Fred W. |
| Series title: | Studies in the History of the Language Sciences Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-90-272-4504-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1981 |
| Publisher: | John Benjamins Publishing Company
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $165.00 |
Book Description:
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Apollonius Dyscolus was the first formal syntactician in Graeco-Roman linguistics. He considered the nature of language to be logical and rule-governed, and assumed an underlying structure for all levels of language. It might be said that from the work of his predecessors, he extracted syntax. This volume contains an English translation of -- mainly -- Uhlig's 1910 edition of
De Constructione Libri Quattor (Peri Suntaxeōs), with commentary, an introduction, and an article...
More DescriptionApollonius Dyscolus was the first formal syntactician in Graeco-Roman linguistics. He considered the nature of language to be logical and rule-governed, and assumed an underlying structure for all levels of language. It might be said that from the work of his predecessors, he extracted syntax. This volume contains an English translation of -- mainly -- Uhlig's 1910 edition of De Constructione Libri Quattor (Peri Suntaxeōs), with commentary, an introduction, and an article on Apollonius Dyscolus and the Origins of Deep Structure.