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In this study Michael Covington considers the origins and development of the theories of sentence structure formulated by the Modistae, a group of grammarians and logicians who flourished in Paris between about 1270 and 1310.

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Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Before the Modistae; 3. Modistic grammar; 4. Syntactic structure; 5. Modistic treatments of particular syntactic problems; 6. Subsequent developments; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Indexes.

Syntactic Theory in the High Middle Ages

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 4/3/2009 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780521109550, 978-0521109550
      ISBN10: 0521109558
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In this study Michael Covington considers the origins and development of the theories of sentence structure formulated by the Modistae, a group of grammarians and logicians who flourished in Paris between about 1270 and 1310.

      Table of Contents
      Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Before the Modistae; 3. Modistic grammar; 4. Syntactic structure; 5. Modistic treatments of particular syntactic problems; 6. Subsequent developments; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Indexes.

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