An approach book syntax the book XVII of Institutiones Grammaticae of Caesareia Prisciano (century. VII): selection, translation and commentary excerpts from most representative

• Grant number: 15/00414-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: May 01, 2015
• End date: April 30, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Linguistics - Philosophy of Language
• Principal Investigator: Alessandro Jocelito Beccari
• Grantee: Pedro Chiqueto Garcia
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências e Letras (FCL-ASSIS). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Assis. Assis , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The research proposes a selection, translation and commentary of the Latin original excerpts from the seventeenth book of Intitutiones grammaticae of Prisciano Caesarean (ca. 500 d. C.). With the translation and study of these excerpts is intended to better understand the thinking of the Latin grammarian for syntax, in particular, to understand how the Latin syntax was understood and taught in the centuries that came immediately before the start of the High Middle Ages. The theoretical framework will be adopted in the research comes from the Konrad Koerner's ideas (1989) and Pierre Swiggers (2004); both representatives of Historiography Language (HL). According to Koerner, Historiography Linguistics must have a dual targeting therefore must examine external elements, which he called "climate of opinion", and theoretical elements or internal linguistic theories describing. The project has as basic premise this proposed dual approach and want to apply it to understanding the Prisciano ideas about Latin syntax.