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Record Nr.

UNINA9910964299803321

Titolo

Missionary lingustics II : Lingüística misionera II : orthography and phonology : selected papers from the second International Conference on Missionary Linguistics, São Paulo, 10-13 March 2004 / / edited by Otto Zwartjes, Cristina Altman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, Pa., : J. Benjamins, 2005

ISBN

90-272-8533-0

1-283-09239-5

9786613092397

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

vi, 292 p. : ill

Collana

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series III, Studies in the history of the language sciences, , 0304-0720 ; ; v. 109

Altri autori (Persone)

ZwartjesOtto

AltmanMaria Cristina Salles

Disciplina

418.0071

Soggetti

Language and languages - Study and teaching - History

Language and languages - Orthography and spelling - Study and teaching - History

Grammar, Comparative and general - Phonology - Study and teaching - History

Missions - Linguistic work

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. New Spain = Nueva España -- pt. 2. South America = América del Sur -- pt. 3. Asia.

Sommario/riassunto

This 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 - which dedicated special attention to the orthographical and phonological dimension of their work - provide a comprehensive picture of the descriptive problems faced by these linguists avant la lettre, notably: the difficulties faced before the less



familiar features of these languages, such as vowel quantity, accentuation, tonality, nasalization, glottalization, 'gutturalization'; the building of (re)definitions and the creation of a new metalanguage, like 'saltillo', 'guturaciones', etc.; The book elucidates the creativity and innovations proposed by individual missionaries and the instructive and pedagogical dimension of their work.