Evolution of Linguistics: Greek-Latin Tradition

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[...] Benjamins, pp. 447-459. Camden, William Remaines of a Greater Worke, Concerning Britaine, the Inhabitants thereof, their Languages, Names, Surnames, Empreses, Wise Speeches, Poësies, and Epitaphes. London : Waterson. Kheil, Matthias Patientia Hiobi, Die geduldige Jobbe. Liegnitz : Schneider. Lefkowitz, Mary The ancient world as seen by Afrocentrists. History of Philosophy. [...]

[...] https://shs.cairn.info/publications-de-mary-lefkowitz--681043?lang=fr. P 231 to 251. [...]

[...] How does the author reveal to us the unfolding of this technological revolution of grammatical obedience of Greek and Latin origin? The Greek-Latin tradition, epicenter of a process of linguistic rationalism of the world From the first paragraph, the author seems to want to indicate the tone by marking the identity of his demonstration: from the beginning of the 5th century to the beginning of the 19th century at least, a process of expansion of grammatical science in the world and Europe would be the center of diffusion of this science of syntax and language, more precisely the Greek-Latin civilization. [...]

[...] A competition of conceptions of linguistics emerged throughout the 19th century, which seems incongruous because the meanings are relatively similar. In France, the terms linguistics and grammar (or comparative grammar) are used and tend to be exported before being challenged by German and English pronunciations and definitions of the concept. These pseudo-rivalries persisted throughout the 19th and 20th centuries with declinations of meaning or spelling according to the cultures specific to each country. Nevertheless, all of Europe converges towards a fundamental meaning, namely the study of the grammar of various languages, to which one can add a whole series of annexed or connected disciplines such as discourse analysis, psycholinguistics, didactic teaching of language, neurolinguistics (non-exhaustive list). [...]

[...] Therefore, over the 13 centuries of the technological revolution of grammar, six centuries of expansion of European languages issued from the Greek-Latin civilization matrix through conquest and colonization are counted. Thus, we can divide the process of development of linguistic knowledge of a minimum duration of 13 centuries in two parts, the first phase of expansion through from the epicenter of Greek and Latin and consolidation, the second phase of expansion to the planet via the conquests of territories and colonization by European populations (Portuguese, Spanish, French, English, Germans, Dutch . [...]