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Dictionary of language and linguistics 920polysynthetic construction incorporatinglanguage, polysynthesispolysystemic phonologyprosodyPort Royal grammarA general theoretical grammar, the Grammaire générale et raisonnée, written byA.Arnauld and E. Lancelot within the framework of French rationalism and named afterthe famous seventeenth-century Parisian abbey and schools of Port Royal. Reprinted aslate as 1830, the Port Royal grammar attempts to develop grammatical categories on thebasis of Greek, Latin, Hebrew, and modern European languages which would be valid forall languages ( also general grammar). For the foundation and justification of hismodel of generative transformational grammar, N.Chomsky referred to this concept ofuniversal grammar. ( also Cartesian linguistics, rationalism)ReferencesArnauld, A. and E.Lancelot. 1660 Grammaire générale et raisonnée. Paris. (A general and rationalgrammar, translated from the French of Messieurs de Port Royal. London, 1753.)Chomsky, N. 1966a. Topics in the theory of generative grammar. The Hague.——1966b. Cartesian linguistics: a chapter in the history of rationalist thought. New York.——1968. Language and mind. New York.Donze, R. 1971. La grammaire générale et raisonnée de Port-Royal, 2nd edn. Bern.Harris, R. and T.J.Taylor. 1989. Landmarks in linguistic thought. London. Ch. 8.Tsiapera, M. and G.Wheeler. 1993. The Port-Royal grammar: sources and influences. Münster.portmanteau morpheme [Fr. portemanteau‘clothes-stand’]Term introduced by C.F.Hockett to denote phonomorphological units that blend severalotherwise distinct morphemic units together, cf. Fr. au (=blend of à+le) which containsthe meanings of ‘dative,’ ‘definite,’ ‘masculine,’ and ‘singular.’