Ancient & Mediaeval Grammatical Theory in Europe with Particular Reference to Modern Linguistic Doctrine, Volume 1

actual already analysis ancient antiquity approach Aristotle beginning century chap classical common complete considered course dealing defined definition descriptive Diog Dionysius discussed distinctions distinguished doctrine early English established example existence fact formal function further gender given gram grammar grammarians grammatical categories grammatical studies grammatical theory Greek grounds human important included inflections interest Keil Laert language largely later Latin learned least Lersch linguistic logical London matical meaning mediaeval method modi Modistae nature nouns origin particular patterns period philosophical phonetic Plato practice present principles Priscian problems proper qualities question reference relation Roman rules scholars seen semantic sentence separate signifying similar sound speculative speech Stoics structure taken teaching tense things thought tion to-day treated treatment units universal utterances various Varro verb words writers