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Portuguese Missionary Grammars in Asia, Africa and Brazil, 1550-1800
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2011; US$ 165.00From the 16th century onwards, Europeans encountered languages in the Americas, Africa, and Asia which were radically different from any of the languages of the Old World. Missionaries were in the forefront of this encounter: in order to speak to potential converts, they needed to learn local languages. A great wealth of missionary grammars survives... more...
Missionary Linguistics II / Lingüística misionera II
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2005; US$ 173.00This is the second volume to be dedicated to the pioneering linguistic work produced by the religious missionaries who, within the scope of the European colonial enterprises along the period 1550?1850, described dozens of autochthonous languages, many of which are only known today thanks to their endeavours. The twelve papers joint in the present volume... more...
Missionary Linguistics/Lingüística misionera
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2004; US$ 173.00When 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... more...
Missionary Linguistics III / Lingüística misionera III
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2007; US$ 180.00This third volume on Missionary Linguistics focuses on morphology and syntax. It contains a selection of papers derived from the international conferences on missionary linguistics held in Hong Kong/Macau and Valladolid. As with the previous two volumes (2004, on general issues, and 2005, on orthography and phonology), this volume looks at methodology... more...
Missionary Linguistics IV / Lingüística misionera IV
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2009; US$ 165.00This fourth volume on Missionary Linguistics focuses on lexicography. It contains a selection of papers derived from the Fifth International Conference on Missionary Linguistics held in Mérida, Yucatán (Mexico), 14th?17th March 2007. As with the previous three volumes (2004, on general issues, 2005, on orthography and phonology, and 2007 on morphology... more...
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