Port-Royal Grammar
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Port-Royal Grammar is a 17th-century rationalist treatise on universal grammar that sought to explain the underlying logical structure common to all human languages.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Port-Royal Grammar canonical | 5 |
| Port-Royal grammar tradition | 2 |
| Grammaire de Port-Royal | 1 |
| Grammaire générale et raisonnée | 1 |
| Port-Royal educational method | 1 |
| Port-Royal grammar | 1 |
| Port-Royal grammarians | 1 |
| Port-Royal linguistic works | 1 |
| Port-Royal pedagogy | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T131791 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Port-Royal Grammar Context triple: [Cartesian Linguistics, influencedBy, Port-Royal Grammar]
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A.
Magnalia Christi Americana
Magnalia Christi Americana is Cotton Mather’s extensive early 18th-century ecclesiastical history of New England, detailing its religious leaders, institutions, and providential events.
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B.
Sermo Vulgaris
Sermo Vulgaris is the informal, everyday spoken form of Latin from which the Romance languages evolved.
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C.
The Quaker
The Quaker is the traditional, colonial-era–styled mascot representing the University of Pennsylvania and its athletic teams.
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D.
The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter is an 1850 novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne that explores sin, guilt, and social judgment in a 17th-century Puritan community through the story of Hester Prynne and the emblematic letter "A" she is forced to wear.
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E.
Mens et Manus
Mens et Manus is the Latin motto of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, expressing the union of mind and hand in the pursuit of knowledge and practical application.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Port-Royal Grammar Target entity description: Port-Royal Grammar is a 17th-century rationalist treatise on universal grammar that sought to explain the underlying logical structure common to all human languages.
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A.
Magnalia Christi Americana
Magnalia Christi Americana is Cotton Mather’s extensive early 18th-century ecclesiastical history of New England, detailing its religious leaders, institutions, and providential events.
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B.
Sermo Vulgaris
Sermo Vulgaris is the informal, everyday spoken form of Latin from which the Romance languages evolved.
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C.
The Quaker
The Quaker is the traditional, colonial-era–styled mascot representing the University of Pennsylvania and its athletic teams.
-
D.
The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter is an 1850 novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne that explores sin, guilt, and social judgment in a 17th-century Puritan community through the story of Hester Prynne and the emblematic letter "A" she is forced to wear.
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E.
Mens et Manus
Mens et Manus is the Latin motto of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, expressing the union of mind and hand in the pursuit of knowledge and practical application.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
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| instanceOf |
17th-century book
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grammar book ⓘ linguistics treatise ⓘ philosophical work ⓘ |
| aim |
to describe the general and rational principles common to all languages
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to explain the logical structure underlying human languages ⓘ |
| associatedInstitution | Jansenist abbey of Port-Royal ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Port-Royal-des-Champs ⓘ |
| author |
Antoine Arnauld
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Claude Lancelot ⓘ |
| century | 17th century ⓘ |
| claims | all languages share an underlying logical structure ⓘ |
| discusses |
logical analysis of propositions
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parts of speech ⓘ semantics ⓘ syntax ⓘ |
| focus |
logical form of sentences
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relationship between thought and language ⓘ |
| genre | scholarly treatise ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
General and Rational Grammar
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Port-Royal Grammar ⓘ |
| hasReception |
considered a precursor of modern cognitive approaches to language
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widely studied in history of linguistics ⓘ |
| hasTitle |
Grammaire générale et raisonnée
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linked to:
Port-Royal Grammar
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| historicalSignificance |
foundational text in the rationalist tradition of linguistics
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one of the earliest systematic works on universal grammar ⓘ |
| influenced |
18th-century linguistic thought
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Enlightenment philosophy of language ⓘ Noam Chomsky ⓘ modern generative grammar ⓘ |
| inLanguageTheory | treats grammar as a reflection of the structure of thought ⓘ |
| intellectualTradition |
Cartesian rationalism
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linked to:
Cartesianism
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| language | French ⓘ |
| methodology | rational analysis of linguistic structure ⓘ |
| philosophicalCurrent | rationalism ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1660 ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Port-Royal Logic ⓘ |
| subject |
logic
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philosophy of language ⓘ universal grammar ⓘ |
| theoreticalBasis |
Cartesian logic
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mentalism in linguistics ⓘ |
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Subject: Port-Royal Grammar Description of subject: Port-Royal Grammar is a 17th-century rationalist treatise on universal grammar that sought to explain the underlying logical structure common to all human languages.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Port-Royal Grammar
subject linked to:
Claude Lancelot
linked to: Port-Royal Grammar
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linked to: Port-Royal Grammar
linked to: Port-Royal Grammar
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Nouvelle méthode pour apprendre la langue espagnole
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Port-Royal grammar tradition
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Port-Royal linguistic works
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linked to: Port-Royal Grammar
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