Examines the roots of traditional grammar in ancient Greek philosophy, particularly philosophy of language. (AM)

Contends that Latinism was rejected by nineteenth-century American traditional grammarians. (DD)

Provides a history of the development of the theory of the "circumstantial" in grammar, presents its chief concepts, and discusses its implications for a theory of semantics. (AM)

Traces the development of French "grammatical analysis" and "logical analysis," from the 16th century concept of syntax, to 19th century pedagogy. (AM)

Examines the traditionally prestigious status of the sentence in grammatical analysis, and traces the history of the word "phrase" as a part of French grammatical language. (AM)

Reflections on Tobin's "Semiotics and Linguistics" and Shaumyan's "Semiotic Theory of Language" are offered. (23 references) (LB)

The class of English words traditionally called adverbs is examined and redefined in this paper. The following three subclasses of adverbs are identified: limiters, which are words that modify noun phrases; intensifiers, which are words that modify adjectives; and "true" adverbs, which modify verb phrases and sentences. Examples of these…

An attempt to clarify terms and to better describe certain elements in the author's own theory in view of a more exact interpretation of functional grammar. A grammatical function is defined; relationships within a sentence and possible choices among relationships are discussed. (Text is in French.) (AMH)

Author cites philological grammar" as one of three ways of treating language. The other two approaches to language are traditional grammar and linguistic grammar or transformational generative grammar. Philological grammar stresses the art of reading. (DS)

Traditional Latin word classes are seen in relation to modern grammatical theory. (Text is in French.) (PMP)

Study sponsored by the Committee on Research and Teaching Improvement of the Council of Europe. (DS)