Portuguese missionary grammars in Asia, Africa and Brazil, 1550-1800 /

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Author / Creator:	Zwartjes, Otto.
Imprint:	Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, 2011.
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 359 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Studies in the history of the language sciences ; v. 117 Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series III, Studies in the history of the language sciences ; v. 117.
Subject:	Portuguese language -- Grammar -- History. Portuguese language -- Brazil -- History. Portuguese language -- Asia -- History. Portuguese language -- Africa -- History. Missions -- Linguistics work -- History. Portuguese language. Portuguese language -- Grammar. Africa. Asia. Brazil. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11121869

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ISBN:	9789027283252 9027283257 9027246084 9789027246080 9789027246080 1283329026 9781283329026 9786613329028 6613329029
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English.
Summary:	From 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 from the 16th century onwards. Some of these are precious records of the languages they document, and all of them witness their authors' attempts to develop the methods of grammatical description with which they were familiar, to accommodate dramat.
Other form:	Print version: Zwartjes, Otto. Portuguese missionary grammars in Asia, Africa and Brazil, 1550-1800. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, 2011
Standard no.:	9786613329028

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