The Grammar of Port-Royal and the Visibility of the History of Linguistics

Authors

  • Xavier Laborda Gil Universitat de Barcelona, Departament de lingüística

Keywords:

History of Linguistics, Port-Royal, grammar, Cartesianism, Antonie Arnauld, Noam Chomsky

Abstract

The paper presents the historical setting of the universal grammars of the seventeenth century. It describes the cultural movement of the Abbey of Port-Royal in its religious, political, educational and scientific facets. The article discusses the principles of the Grammaire générale et raisonné, the work by Antonie Arnauld and Claude Lancelot. It also considers the relationship of grammar to Logique by A. Aranuld and Pierre. Nicole, and it examines the reception of the grammar of Port-Royal in the history of linguistics, especially based on Noam Chomsky’s theories of «Cartesian Linguistics». Chomsky’s controversial stance, rejected by critics, examines the processes of the construction of historiography.           

Key Words: History of Linguistics, Port-Royal, grammar, Cartesianism, Antonie Arnauld, Noam Chomsky

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Author Biography

Xavier Laborda Gil, Universitat de Barcelona, Departament de lingüística


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Issue

No. 24 (2014)

Section

Studies and Editions

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