A dictionary with a mission : papers of the International Conference on the Occasion of the Centenary Celebrations of the Kittel's Kannada-English Dictionary / edited by William Madtha ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Madtha, William, 1940-

Karnatak University.

Universität Tübingen

Conference Name:

International Conference on the Occasion of the Centenary Celebrations of the Kittel's Kannada-English Dictionary (1994 : Dhārwār, India)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kannada language--Lexicography--Congresses.

Kannada language.

Kittel, F. (Ferdinand), 1832-1903--Congresses.

Kittel, F.

Kittel, F. (Ferdinand), 1832-1903.

Kannada language--Lexicography.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

ix, 276 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Mangalore, India : Karnataka Theological Research Institute for Karnatak University, Dharwad, India, and Tuebingen University, Germany, 1998.

Summary:

Contributed articles on Kannada lexicography and Ferdinand Kittel, Kannada lexicographer.

Contents:

Prologue / A. Murigeppa, H.M. Maheshwaraiah

SECTION I. LEXICOGRAPHY: METHOD, CRITIQUE, COMPARISON

Tuebingen heritage as reflected in the dictionaries of Gundert and Kittel / Scaria Zacaria

Kittel's Kannada-English dictionary: a lexicographical overview / William Madtha

Theory and method in Kittel's dictionary: a historical perspective / R.Y. Kulkarni

Kittel's Kannada grammar revisited / B. Ramachandra Rao

Kittel's dictionary as used by scholars like M. Govinda Pai / Srinivasa Havanur

Kittel's dictionary and post Kittel dictionaries in Kannada / G. Venkatasubbaiah

Kittel and Gundert as lexicographers / A.P. Andrewskutty

Kittel and Maenner as lexicographers / U.P. Upadhyaya

SECTION II. BACKGROUND AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT

Ferdinand Kittel in the context of 19th century German Indology / Heidrun Brueckner

Few intellectual predecessors of Ferdinand Kittel in 19th century Tuebingen / George Baumann

Travelling to India in the 1850s: an account by Fanny Wuerth-Leitner, one of Ferdinand Kittel's travelling companions / Jennifer Jenkins

Holistic approach to Ferdinand Kittel and the non-Kannada sources on his life available in the Basel mission archives / Paul Jenkins

Ferdinand Kittel in Hermann Gundert's letters / Albrecht Frenz

Language - religion - mission: some reflections on the contribution of missionaries to Indian languages and literatures in the context of mission history / Hans-Juergen Findeis

Rev. F. Kittel: a literature survey / Sulochana Murthy

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

OCLC:

48810843