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Missionary Linguistics/Lingüística misionera
Otto ZwartjesEven Hovdhaugen
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Selected papers from the First International Conference on Missionary Linguistics, Oslo, 13–16 March 2003
出版John Benjamins Publishing, 2004-08-31
主題Philosophy / LanguageLanguage Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General
ISBN90272854119789027285416
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=uds5AAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋When the first European missionaries arrived on other continents, it was decided that the indigenous languages would be used as the means of christianization. There emerged the need to produce grammars and dictionaries of those languages. The study of this linguistic material has so far not received sufficient attention in the field of linguistic historiography. This volume is the first published collection of papers on missionary linguistics world-wide; it represents the insights of recent research, containing an introduction and papers on methodology, meta-historiography, the historical and cultural background. The book contains studies about early-modern linguistic works written in Spanish, Portuguese, English and French, describing among others indigenous languages from North America and Australia, Maya, Quechua, Xhosa, Japanese, Kapampangan, and Visaya. Topics dealt with include: innovations of individual missionaries in lexicography, grammatical analysis, phonology, morphology, or syntax; creativity in descriptive techniques; differences and/or similarities of works from different continents, and different religious backgrounds (Catholic or Protestant).