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This collective volume contains studies in the field of ancient grammar, poetics and philosophy of language. The contributions, written by specialists in the field, focus on central themes in the historiography of ancient linguistics, such as the status of grammar as a discipline in Antiquity, the relationship between poetics and grammatical theory, the constitution and development of the word class system, the descriptive format of grammars, the nature and description of specific word classes, the development of grammatical argumentation. In addition, several methodological issues in the study of ancient grammar and philosophy of language are dealt with: the problem of continuity vs. discontinuity in the history of linguistic thought, the role of schoolroom activities in the development of grammatical description and theory-formation, and problems concerning "tradition", "influence" and "originality" in ancient linguistics. The volume is rounded off with extensive indices of proper names, concepts and technical terms.

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The volume, which constitutes a tribute to the scholarly work of Jean Lallot, contains contributions on the history of syntax in Antiquity (including the later Byzantine period). The various papers highlight the problematic status of syntactic description in ancient grammar. The contributions are grouped into four sections, the first of which deals with the status of syntactic description and reflection in Antiquity, the second with Alexandrian grammar, the third with the "virtues and vices of speech", whereas the fourth section contains papers on the relationship between syntax and dialectic, between syntax and phonetics, and between syntax and lexicology. The contributors are international specialists (from Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Italy, Finland, Greece, and the United States) in the field of ancient grammaticography.

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Les 21 contributions dans ce volume traitent de problemes historiques, philologiques, methodologiques (et epistemologiques) dans l'etude de la relation entre bilinguisme (ou diglossie) et terminologie grammaticale, dans l'Antiquite, au Moyen Age et a la Renaissance. La discussion de problemes methodologiques, dans les sept premieres contributions, a trait a la constitution, au developpement, a la transformation (et deformation) de la terminologie grammaticale, ou a des phenomenes de transfert terminologique. Les huit etudes qui suivent examinent le fonctionnement de la terminologie grammaticale en contexte bilingue, et l'evolution de la terminologie greco-latine de la phonetique et de la prosodie. Ensuite, trois contributions ont pour sujet la conception de l'analogie et de la proportion(nalite) dans les traditions grecque et latine. Les trois derniers articles etudient la reception et l'adaptation de la terminologie grammaticale greco-latine au Moyen Age et a la Renaissance. Le volume se termine par trois index (noms propres, termes grecs et latins, concepts). - Les contributions sont en francais, anglais, espagnol et italien. The 21 contributions in this volume deal with historical, philological, and methodological issues in the relationship between bilingualism (or diglossia) and grammatical terminology in Antiquity, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Seven papers deal with philological and methodological topics linked with the constitution, development, transformation and disfigurement of grammatical terminology, and with phenomena of terminological transfer and remodelling. The eight case-studies that follow deal with the functioning of grammatical terminology in a bilingual context, and with the evolution of Greco-Latin terminology concerning phonetics and prosody. Three other papers deal with the reception and adaptation of Greek and Latin grammatical terminology in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. The volume is rounded off with indices of names, of Greek and Latin terms, and of concepts. - Contributions are in English, French, Italian, and Spanish.

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