La genèse d'une classe de mots : les conjonctions dans la tradition (pré-)grammaticale de l'Antiquité grecque
This research is concerned with the theory of the parts of speech in Greek antiquity and more precisely with the topic of conjunctions.  The first chapter examines the definition of the conjunction given in Aristotle’s Poetics, as well as the other texts of the Aristotelian corpus which allow us the get a better grasp on a still ill-defined grammatical entity.  The second chapter deals with the conjunction within the logico-grammatical researches of the Stoic school.  It examines the Stoic definition of the conjunction, as well as the various categories of conjunctions that were identified by the Stoics.  The central role of conjunctions in the Stoic theory of complex assertions is emphasized, thus showing the close interrelation between logic and grammar at this point in the development of grammatical theory.  The final chapter is concerned with the definition and the classes of conjunctions given in the Tekhnè grammatikè, a short grammatical treatise ascribed to the Alexandrian philologist Dionysius Thrax.  It shows the influence of the Stoic theory of complex assertions on this first attempt at grammatical systematization, as well as the interference of philological concerns.
History of linguistics Parts of speech Conjunction Aristote Aristotle Stoics Dionysius Thrax