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Thomas of Erfurt was an influential member of the so-called Modistae, a particularly influential school of grammar and semantics. His work Speculative Grammar contains a fully developed version of the Modistic theory of grammar. The school developed in Paris at the end of the thirteenth century and dominated thought in Paris in the beginning of the fourteenth. The theory of language is built around the concepts of various modes of signification, hence, the name of the school. The selection included below presents the basic elements of the theory.
Text from: Bursill-Hall, G.L. trans. 1972. Thomas of Erfurt: Grammatica Speculativa. London: Longman.
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Donatus was an ancient grammarian working in the fourth century.
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Sirridge, M. (2017). Thomas of Erfurt. In: Cameron, M., Hill, B., Stainton, R. (eds) Sourcebook in the History of Philosophy of Language. Springer Graduate Texts in Philosophy, vol 2. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26908-5_15
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