FFAR 254 Lecture Notes - Modistae, Scholasticism, Linguistic Typology
5 Feb 2020
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What were its main preoccupations and goals? (3 6 sentences will suffice: in the early middle ages, the linguistic work focused on grammar and emphasizing latin & greek analyses. The carolingian renaissance brought a shift in the focus of grammatical studies. The infusion of knowledge of latin into the christianizing of western europe. The grammarians had to conform to the new requirements of language teaching. With this, the study of grammar aimed to provide the students with an ancillary linguistic skill to aid in the study of classical texts. A text called, the first grammarians, to provide a new and better spelling system for the icelandic system through the greek alphabet. Which in hand demonstrated an unusual high level of phonological awareness: what are the main differences in the grammatical traditions of the early middle. Ages and the later middle ages? (3 6 sentences will suffice: the later middle ages focused on modistae and their use of speculative grammar.
