Book contents
- Aristotle on Language and Style
- Aristotle on Language and Style
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables
- Preface
- Abbreviations and Conventions
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 On the Way to Aristotle’s Concept of Lexis
- Chapter 2 The First Level of Lexis
- Chapter 3 The Second Level of Lexis
- Chapter 4 The Third Level of Lexis
- Chapter 5 The Third Level of Lexis
- Chapter 6 Metaphor Revisited
- Appendix Lexis in Plato’s Republic 3.392c7–398b8
- Bibliography
- Index Locorum
- Index Verborum Graecorum
- Index Generalis
Chapter 2 - The First Level of Lexis
Aristotle’s Fundamentals of Language
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 October 2020
Book contents
- Aristotle on Language and Style
- Aristotle on Language and Style
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables
- Preface
- Abbreviations and Conventions
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 On the Way to Aristotle’s Concept of Lexis
- Chapter 2 The First Level of Lexis
- Chapter 3 The Second Level of Lexis
- Chapter 4 The Third Level of Lexis
- Chapter 5 The Third Level of Lexis
- Chapter 6 Metaphor Revisited
- Appendix Lexis in Plato’s Republic 3.392c7–398b8
- Bibliography
- Index Locorum
- Index Verborum Graecorum
- Index Generalis
Summary
Chapter 2 begins with an outline of the four passages in which Aristotle introduces the three pillars of lexis and then moves on to two sections in which the first, i.e. ἅπασα λέξις (the entirety of lexis), is discussed. This first level of lexis includes the linguistic elements treated under the notion of lexis and Aristotle’s theory of language. These not only present Aristotle’s thoughts on language as an abstract system, but they also form the most fundamental level upon which the remainder of Aristotle’s thoughts on the concept of lexis are based.
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- Aristotle on Language and StyleThe Concept of <I>Lexis</I>, pp. 39 - 72Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020