The Modistae ( Latin for Modists ), also known as the speculative grammarians , were the members of a school of grammarian philosophy known as Modism or speculative grammar , active in northern France , Germany , England , and Denmark in the 13th and 14th centuries. Their influence was felt much less in the southern part of Europe, where the somewhat opposing tradition of the so-called "pedagogical grammar" never lost its preponderance.
12-657: (Redirected from Grammarians ) [REDACTED] Look up grammarian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Grammarian may refer to: Alexandrine grammarians , philologists and textual scholars in Hellenistic Alexandria in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BCE Biblical grammarians , scholars who study the Bible and the Hebrew language Grammarian (Greco-Roman) ,
24-408: A 13th and 14th century school of philosophy Grammarians of Basra , scholars of Arabic Grammarians of Kufa , scholars of Arabic See also [ edit ] Grammaticus , a name used by several scholars Neogrammarian , a German school of philology in the late 19th century Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
36-547: A name used by several scholars Neogrammarian , a German school of philology in the late 19th century Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Grammarian . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grammarian&oldid=1234462803 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
48-406: A teacher in the second stage in the traditional education system Linguist , a scientist who studies language Grammarian, a linguistic specialist in grammar , the structural rules that govern natural languages Philologist , a scholar of literary criticism, history, and language Sanskrit grammarian , scholars who studied the grammar of Sanskrit Speculative grammarians or Modistae,
60-644: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Speculative grammarians William of Conches , Peter Helias , and Ralph of Beauvais , also referred to as speculative grammarians predate the Modist movement proper. The Modist philosophy was first developed by Martin of Dacia (died 1304) and his colleagues in the mid-13th century, though it would rise to prominence only after its systematization by Thomas of Erfurt decades later, in his treatise De modis significandi seu grammatica speculativa , probably written in
72-406: The modi intelligendi the understanding's means of representing the modi essendi , and the modi significandi grammar's means of representing the modi intelligendi in language. This corresponds to Aristotle's tripartite semantic theory of words representing concepts which represent objects . Opposing nominalism , they assumed that the analysis of the grammar of ordinary language
84-505: The Modistae, as indicated by their name, was based on a theory of 'modes' of meaning in language which was tripartite: modes of being ( modi essendi ), modes of understanding ( modi intelligendi ), and modes of signifying ( modi significandi ). To the Modistae, the various parts of speech were viewed as representing reality in terms of these modes. The modi essendi are objectively existent qualities in an object of understanding,
96-462: The first decade of the 14th century. Until the early twentieth-century this work was assumed to have been authored by John Duns Scotus . Widely reproduced and commented upon in the Middle Ages , it remains the most complete textbook of Modist speculative grammar. The mistaken authorship arose out of the natural affinity of Erfurt's speculative grammar with Scotus's metaphysics. The philosophy of
108-400: The 💕 [REDACTED] Look up grammarian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Grammarian may refer to: Alexandrine grammarians , philologists and textual scholars in Hellenistic Alexandria in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BCE Biblical grammarians , scholars who study the Bible and the Hebrew language Grammarian (Greco-Roman) , a teacher in the second stage in
120-464: The title Grammarian . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grammarian&oldid=1234462803 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages grammarian From Misplaced Pages,
132-562: The traditional education system Linguist , a scientist who studies language Grammarian, a linguistic specialist in grammar , the structural rules that govern natural languages Philologist , a scholar of literary criticism, history, and language Sanskrit grammarian , scholars who studied the grammar of Sanskrit Speculative grammarians or Modistae, a 13th and 14th century school of philosophy Grammarians of Basra , scholars of Arabic Grammarians of Kufa , scholars of Arabic See also [ edit ] Grammaticus ,
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#1732765561985144-472: Was the key to metaphysics . For the Modistae, grammatical forms, the modi significandi of verbs, nouns, and adjectives, comprise the deep ontological structure of language, which objectively reflects reality. Their work predicted the concept of universal grammar , suggesting that universal grammatical rules may be extracted from all living languages. Roger Bacon may have given the movement inspiration with his observation that all languages are built upon
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