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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Conventions and Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 -- Introduction -- 1.1. Dionysius on language, linguistics and literature: aims and methods -- 1.2. Classicism and Atticism -- 1.3. Dionysius' rhetorical works: their relative order and intended audience -- 1.4. Dionysius and the network of intellectuals in Augustan Rome -- 1.5. Rhetoric, philosophy, philology, grammar, musical and poetical theory -- 1.6. Dionysius' On Composition as a synthesis of ancient language disciplines -- Chapter 2 -- Dionysius on the nature of language -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. The hierarchical structure of language -- 2.3. Language, thought and reality -- 2.4. Greek and Latin -- 2.5. Philosophy of language in Dionysius' On Composition? -- 2.5.1. The alleged inconsistency in Dionysius' views on names and things -- 2.5.2. Objections to modern interpretations -- 2.5.3. Dionysius on mimetic words (Comp. 16) -- 2.5.4. Dionysius on mixing mean and beautiful rhythms (Comp. 18) -- 2.5.5. Dionysius on the pleasing combination of common words (Comp. 3) -- 2.5.6. No inconsistency in Dionysius' views on language -- 2.6. Conclusion -- Chapter 3 -- Dionysius on the grammatical theory of the parts of speech -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Logos, lexis, and their parts in the various language disciplines -- 3.3. Dionysius' knowledge of earlier and contemporary theories -- 3.3.1. Dionysius' knowledge of earlier views on the parts of speech -- 3.3.2. Dionysius' knowledge of contemporary views on the parts of speech -- 3.3.3. Dionysius on the grammatical school curriculum -- 3.4. The double character of Dionysius' 956;959;961;953;945; 955;959;947;959;965; -- 3.5. Words, word classes and parts of the phrase: Dionysius' terminology -- 3.6. The word classes according to Dionysius -- 3.6.1. 959;969;959;956;945; and 960;961;959;963;951;947;959;961;953;954;959;957; (and 949;960;953;966;949;964;959;957;) -- 3.6.2. 961;951;956;945; and 956;949;964;959;967;951; -- 3.6.3.945;961;966;961;959;957; and 945;957;964;959;957;959;956;945;963;953;945; -- 3.6.4. 960;961;959;966;949;963;953;962; and 963;965;957;948;949;963;956;959;962; -- 3.6.5. 949;960;953;961;961;951;956;945; -- 3.6.6. Does Dionysius use a system of nine word classes? -- 3.7. The accidentia of the parts of speech: 963;957;956;946;949;946;951;954;959;964;945; versus 960;945;961;949;960;959;951;949;957;945; -- 3.8. Dionysius on the accidentia of nouns and verbs -- 3.9. Conclusion -- Chapter 4 -- Linguistics, composition, and style: Dionysius' use of the parts of speech -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Dionysius as a historian of linguistics -- 4.2.1. Dionysius' history of the theory of the parts of speech -- 4.2.2. Dionysius' approach to the history of linguistics -- 4.2.3. Quintilian's history of the theory of the parts of speech -- 4.2.4. Dionysius, Quintilian and modern historians of linguistics -- 4.3. Dionysius as a rhetorician: the parts of speech in the theory of composition -- 4.3.1. The parts of speech as building blocks: text as architecture -- 4.3.2. The parts of speech in the description of composition types -- 4.4. Dionysius as a literary critic: the parts of speech and the analysis of style -- 4.4.1. Dionysius on the style of Thucydides -- 4.4.2. Dionysius' gra. The Greek rhetorician Dionysius of Halicarnassus was active in Augustan Rome. For a long time, modern scholars have regarded him as a rather mediocre critic, whose works were only interesting because of the references to earlier scholars and the citations of literary fragments. By interpreting Dionysius' views within the context of his rhetorical programme, this book shows that Dionysius was in fact an intelligent scholar, who combined theories and methods from various language disciplines and used them for his own practical purposes. His rhetorical writings not only inform us about the linguistic knowledge of intellectuals at the end of the first century BC, but also demonstrate the close connections between philology, technical grammar, philosophy, music studies and rhetoric
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