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Insular Latin Grammarians (Hardcover, First Trade Pap): Vivien Law Insular Latin Grammarians (Hardcover, First Trade Pap)
Vivien Law
R2,676 Discovery Miles 26 760 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The adaptation of Late Latin grammars from the schools of the Roman Empire for use in a foreign Christian society culminated in the British Isles in the 7th and 8th centuries in the development of two distinct types of grammar designed respectively for elementary and for more advanced students. These works, whether they take the form of elaborate commentaries on the classical grammarians, or of simple collections of paradigms, reflect the reading and intellectual preoccupations of their authors, the first teachers in the West to face the problem of large-scale formal foreign-language teaching. The influence of the Insular grammarians extended far beyond their own time: their works, taken to the Continent by Irish and Anglo-Saxon missionaries, shaped both the latinity and the pedagogical technique of their pupils the Carolingians, and their influencein foreign-language teaching has persisted until our own time.

Nation-building in the Post-Soviet Borderlands - The Politics of National Identities (Paperback): Graham Smith, Vivien Law,... Nation-building in the Post-Soviet Borderlands - The Politics of National Identities (Paperback)
Graham Smith, Vivien Law, Andrew Wilson, Annette Bohr, Edward Allworth
R951 Discovery Miles 9 510 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The emergence in 1991 of the fourteen borderland post-Soviet states has been accompanied by the reforging of their national identities. Such attempts to rethink or reimagine the nation have had a major impact in reshaping the political, cultural and social lives of both national and ethnic minority groups alike. This book analyzes these national identities and explores their consequences for the borderland states, with substantive studies drawn from the Baltic states, Ukraine and Belarus, Transcaucasia and Central Asia.

Wisdom, Authority and Grammar in the Seventh Century - Decoding Virgilius Maro Grammaticus (Paperback, New ed): Vivien Law Wisdom, Authority and Grammar in the Seventh Century - Decoding Virgilius Maro Grammaticus (Paperback, New ed)
Vivien Law
R931 Discovery Miles 9 310 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The works of the seventh-century writer Virgilius Maro Grammaticus are among the most puzzling medieval texts to survive. Ostensibly a pair of grammars, they swarm with hymns, riddles, invented words and imaginary writers. Conventionally interpreted either as a benighted barbarian's unfortunate attempt to write a 'proper' grammar, or as a parody of the pedantic excesses of the ancient grammatical tradition, these texts have long been in need of an alternative reading. Why should a grammarian attack the very notion of authority, thereby destabilizing his own position? The search for an answer leads us via patristic exegesis and medieval wisdom literature to the tantalizingly ill-documented reaches of heterodox initiatory traditions. Vivien Law's book opens important new perspectives on the intellectual life of the early Middle Ages and on the decoding of medieval literature in general.

The History of Linguistics in Europe - From Plato to 1600 (Hardcover): Vivien Law The History of Linguistics in Europe - From Plato to 1600 (Hardcover)
Vivien Law
R2,755 Discovery Miles 27 550 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Authoritative and wide-ranging, this book examines the history of western linguistics over a 2000-year timespan, from ancient Greece to the Renaissance. Vivien Law explores how ideas about language over the centuries have changed to reflect evolving modes of thinking. Classified bibliographies and chapters on research resources are included. A survey chapter updates the coverage to the present day.

Nation-building in the Post-Soviet Borderlands - The Politics of National Identities (Hardcover): Graham Smith, Vivien Law,... Nation-building in the Post-Soviet Borderlands - The Politics of National Identities (Hardcover)
Graham Smith, Vivien Law, Andrew Wilson, Annette Bohr, Edward Allworth
R2,998 R2,803 Discovery Miles 28 030 Save R195 (7%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book examines how national and ethnic identities are being reforged in the post-Soviet borderland states. The first chapter provides a conceptual and theoretical context for examining national identities, drawing in particular upon post-colonial theory. The rest of the book is divided into three parts. In Part I, the authors examine how national histories of the borderland states are being rewritten especially in relation to new nationalising historiographies, around myths of origin, homeland, and descent. Part II explores the ethnopolitics of group boundary construction and how such a politics has led to nationalising policies of both exclusion and inclusion. Part III examines the relationship between nation-building and language, especially with regard to how competing conceptions of national identity have informed the thinking of both political decision-takers and nationalising intellectuals, and the consequences for ethnic minorities. Such perspectives on nation-building are illustrated with substantive studies drawn from the Baltic states, Ukraine, and Belarus, Transcaucasia, and Central Asia.

Wisdom, Authority and Grammar in the Seventh Century - Decoding Virgilius Maro Grammaticus (Hardcover, New): Vivien Law Wisdom, Authority and Grammar in the Seventh Century - Decoding Virgilius Maro Grammaticus (Hardcover, New)
Vivien Law
R2,290 R1,629 Discovery Miles 16 290 Save R661 (29%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The works of the seventh-century writer Virgilius Maro Grammaticus are among the most puzzling medieval texts to survive. Ostensibly a pair of grammars, they swarm with hymns, riddles, invented words and imaginary writers. Conventionally interpreted either as a benighted barbarian's unfortunate attempt to write a 'proper' grammar, or as a parody of the pedantic excesses of the ancient grammatical tradition, these texts have long been in need of an alternative reading. Why should a grammarian attack the very notion of authority, thereby destabilizing his own position? The search for an answer leads us via patristic exegesis and medieval wisdom literature to the tantalizingly ill-documented reaches of heterodox initiatory traditions. Vivien Law's book opens important new perspectives on the intellectual life of the early Middle Ages and on the decoding of medieval literature in general.

The History of Linguistics in Europe - From Plato to 1600 (Paperback): Vivien Law The History of Linguistics in Europe - From Plato to 1600 (Paperback)
Vivien Law
R1,366 Discovery Miles 13 660 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Authoritative and wide-ranging, this book examines the history of western linguistics over a 2000-year timespan, from ancient Greece to the Renaissance. Vivien Law explores how ideas about language over the centuries have changed to reflect evolving modes of thinking. Classified bibliographies and chapters on research resources are included. A survey chapter updates the coverage to the present day.

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