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Martin of Dacia

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Martin of Dacia, Danish Master of Arts and theologian of the last quarter of the thirteenth century, attempted to establish a new grammar that could be considered as an autonomous science. This grammar would be universal and grounded on ontological reality, its aim being the study of the properties of language.

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Lanza, L. (2018). Martin of Dacia. In: Lagerlund, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Medieval Philosophy. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1151-5_317-2

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