Philological-Grammatical Tradition in Ancient Linguistics (original) (raw)

The paper investigates the philological and grammatical traditions in ancient linguistics, emphasizing that language study during Greek and Roman Antiquity did not exist as an independent scientific discipline. Instead, it emerged as a by-product of various fields including philosophy, rhetoric, and scholarship, leading to the formulation of linguistic concepts and descriptive patterns that contributed to the development of grammar and analysis in ancient texts. The paper further examines the relationship between ancient and modern linguistic studies, highlighting the significant impact of ancient scholarship on contemporary understandings of language.