Jonge (ancient Greek language and literature, Leiden U.) strives to illuminate both the language theories that circulated at the end of the first century BC, and important connections between the various ancient disciplines that dealt in some way with language as a object of study. Historian and grammarian Dionysius lived and wrote in Rome during that period, and his views on various dimensions of language and its use provide a starting point for the study. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)