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A familiar theme in Greek philosophy, largely due to the influence
of Plato's Cratylus, linguistic naturalism (the notion that
linguistic facts, structures or behaviour are in some significant
sense determined by nature) constitutes a major but under-studied
area of Roman linguistic thought. Indeed, it holds significance not
only for the history of linguistics but also for philosophy,
stylistics, rhetoric and more. The chapters in this volume deal
with a range of naturalist theories in a variety of authors
including Cicero, Varro, Nigidius Figulus, Posidonius, and
Dionysius of Halicarnassus. The result is a complex and
multi-faceted picture of how language and nature were believed to
interrelate in the classical Roman world.
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