Language, Grammar, and Erudition

From Antiquity to Modern Times

edited by P. Swiggers

Book cover: Language, Grammar, and Erudition

Extent: 432 pages

Publisher: Peeters Publishers

Subjects: Classical Studies, Language & Linguistics, Medieval Studies

Series: Orbis Supplementa

Series volume number: 44

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(December 2018)

ISBN: 9789042934221

Price: $105.00

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(December 2018)

ISBN: 9789042938182

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This volume is a collection of papers in honour of Alfons Wouters. The contributions reflect the multiple aspects of Wouters’ scholarly activity: ancient grammaticography and language philosophy; humanistic education; literary and documentary papyrology; history of books and libraries in Antiquity. The papers are grouped into three sections: Language, philosophy and books: from ancient Greece to Byzantium; Grammar, writing, language contacts: Latin Antiquity and the Middle Ages; The classical heritage and its fruits: concepts and techniques. The volume opens with a biographical sketch and the list of publications of A. Wouters.


This volume is a collection of papers in honour of Alfons Wouters. The contributions reflect the multiple aspects of Wouters’ scholarly activity: ancient grammaticography and language philosophy; humanistic education; literary and documentary papyrology; history of books and libraries in Antiquity. The papers are grouped into three sections: Language, philosophy and books: from ancient Greece to Byzantium; Grammar, writing, language contacts: Latin Antiquity and the Middle Ages; The classical heritage and its fruits: concepts and techniques. The volume opens with a biographical sketch and the list of publications of A. Wouters.

  • Edited by P Swiggers