What Graeco-Roman Grammar Was about

by P.H. Matthews and Peter Hugoe Matthews

This book explains how the grammarians of the Graeco-Romance world perceived the nature and structure of the languages they taught. The volume focuses primarily on the early centuries AD, a time when the Roman Empire was at its peak; in this period, a grammarian not only had a secure place in the ancient system of education, but could take for granted an established technical understanding of language. By delineating what that ancient model of grammar...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198830114
• ISBN13: 9780198830115
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 8.6"