Grammaire générale et raisonnée

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Grammaire générale et raisonnée is a seminal 17th-century Port-Royal grammar treatise that seeks to explain the universal logical principles underlying all human languages.

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instanceOf 17th-century book ⓘ
Port-Royal grammar ⓘ
grammar treatise ⓘ
linguistics book ⓘ
aim to explain universal logical principles underlying all human languages ⓘ
associatedInstitution Port-Royal-des-Champs abbey ⓘ
author Antoine Arnauld ⓘ
Claude Lancelot ⓘ
circulation widely read in 17th and 18th centuries ⓘ
claims all languages share a common logical structure ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
distinguishes surface structure of language ⓘ
underlying logical structure of propositions ⓘ
focusesOn logical structure of sentences ⓘ
relationship between thought and language ⓘ
universal features of grammar ⓘ
fullTitle Grammaire générale et raisonnée contenant les fondemens de l’art de parler, expliqués d’une manière claire et naturelle ⓘ
genre didactic prose ⓘ
hasPart chapters on meaning and ideas ⓘ
chapters on parts of speech ⓘ
chapters on syntax ⓘ
historicalSignificance foundational text in the history of linguistics ⓘ
key work in early modern philosophy of language ⓘ
major work of Port-Royal school ⓘ
influenced Enlightenment language theory ⓘ
Noam Chomsky ⓘ
modern linguistics ⓘ
universal grammar tradition ⓘ
libraryOfCongressClassification PC2061 ⓘ
method deductive reasoning from first principles ⓘ
rational analysis of language ⓘ
movement Jansenism ⓘ
Port-Royal logic ⓘ
linked to: Port-Royal Logic
notableConcept general and rational grammar ⓘ
language as expression of thought ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
period Early Modern period ⓘ
placeOfPublication Paris ⓘ
publicationYear 1660 ⓘ
publisher Pierre Le Petit ⓘ
relatedWork Logique ou l’art de penser ⓘ
subject general grammar ⓘ
logic ⓘ
philosophy of language ⓘ
universal grammar ⓘ
theoreticalBasis Cartesian philosophy ⓘ
rationalism ⓘ

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Claude Lancelot → notableWork → Grammaire générale et raisonnée ⓘ
Claude Lancelot → notableFor → Port-Royal grammar ⓘ
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Port-Royal Solitaries → producedWork → Grammaire générale et raisonnée (Port-Royal Grammar) ⓘ
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Grammaire générale et raisonnée → fullTitle → Grammaire générale et raisonnée contenant les fondemens de l’art de parler, expliqués d’une manière claire et naturelle ⓘ
linked to: Grammaire générale et raisonnée