The analogy concept throught the point of view of Marcus Terentius Varro

Authors

  • Antonio Carlos Silva de Carvalho

Keywords:

analogy, regularity, proportion, anomaly, Varro.

Abstract

This article focus on how Varro (116-27 BC), along with the studies of Cleanthes
(331-232 BC), from the of Pergamon School, those of Aristophanes of Byzantium (257-187 BC), from the Alexandria school, and departing from the grammatical definitions of Dionysius Thrax, which is divided into six parts with analogy being one of them –incorporated a popular Greek controversity between analogists and anomalists into the first Latin work on theory of grammar (43 BC), which consists of twenty five books. From the remaining books, V to X, the VIII focuses on the counterarguments for analogy; the IX focuses on the counterarguments for anomaly; and, in the book X, Varro exposes his personal opinion about analogy – this way, through varied linguistic facts, the author shows arguments that try to justify the side taken by one or another tendency in facing the discussion regarding the origin of languages.

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Published

2016-04-04

How to Cite

Carvalho, A. C. S. de. (2016). The analogy concept throught the point of view of Marcus Terentius Varro. Estudos Linguísticos (São Paulo. 1978), 42(3), 1244–1253. Retrieved from https://revistas.gel.org.br/estudos-linguisticos/article/view/928

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Língua e Literatura Clássica