Port-Royal Grammar
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Port-Royal Grammar is a 17th-century rationalist treatise on universal grammar that sought to explain the underlying logical structure common to all human languages.
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| instanceOf |
17th-century book
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grammar book → linguistics treatise → philosophical work → |
| aim |
to describe the general and rational principles common to all languages
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to explain the logical structure underlying human languages → |
| associatedInstitution | Jansenist abbey of Port-Royal → |
| associatedWith | Port-Royal-des-Champs → |
| author |
Antoine Arnauld
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Claude Lancelot → |
| century | 17th century → |
| claims | all languages share an underlying logical structure → |
| discusses |
logical analysis of propositions
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parts of speech → semantics → syntax → |
| focus |
logical form of sentences
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relationship between thought and language → |
| genre | scholarly treatise → |
| hasAlternativeName |
General and Rational Grammar
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Port-Royal Grammar → |
| hasReception |
considered a precursor of modern cognitive approaches to language
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widely studied in history of linguistics → |
| hasTitle |
Port-Royal Grammar
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surface form: "Grammaire générale et raisonnée"
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| historicalSignificance |
foundational text in the rationalist tradition of linguistics
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one of the earliest systematic works on universal grammar → |
| influenced |
18th-century linguistic thought
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Enlightenment philosophy of language → Noam Chomsky → modern generative grammar → |
| inLanguageTheory | treats grammar as a reflection of the structure of thought → |
| intellectualTradition |
Cartesianism
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surface form: "Cartesian rationalism"
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| language | French → |
| methodology | rational analysis of linguistic structure → |
| philosophicalCurrent | rationalism → |
| placeOfOrigin | France → |
| publicationYear | 1660 → |
| relatedWork | Port-Royal Logic → |
| subject |
logic
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philosophy of language → universal grammar → |
| theoreticalBasis |
Cartesian logic
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mentalism in linguistics → |
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this entity surface form: "Grammaire générale et raisonnée"