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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zwartjes, Otto.

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Studies in the history of the language sciences ; Series III, v. 117.

Studies in the history of the language sciences ; v. 117

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Portuguese language--Grammar--History.

Portuguese language.

Portuguese language--Brazil--History.

Portuguese language--Asia--History.

Portuguese language--Africa--History.

Missions--Linguistics work--History.

Missions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (374 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, 2011.

Language Note:

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

Contents:

Portuguese Missionary Grammars in Asia, Africa and Brazil, 1550-1800; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Preface & acknowledgements; Chapter 1.Introduction; 1.1 Goal of the study; 1.2 The historiographical neglect of missionary linguistics; 1.3 The contribution of missionary linguistics to the study of the typology of languages; 1.4 Missionary linguists as field-workers: Their attitudes; 1.5 The description of exotic languages and the development of linguistic concepts; 1.6 The goals and structure of this study; 1.6.1 What do we want to know?

1.6.1.1 Phonology and orthography1.6.1.2 Morphosyntax; 1.6.1.3 The lexicon; 1.6.1.4 Extra-grammatical information; 1.6.2 What do we have?; References; Chapter 2. The Indian subcontinent; 2.1 Introduction; 2.1.1 Historical background; 2.1.2 The Indian grammatical tradition; 2.2 Tamil. Henrique Henriques (or, Anrique Anriquez) (1520-1600); 2.2.1 The life and work of Henrique Henriques; 2.2.2 Henriques's Tamil grammar: Authorship and sources; 2.2.3 Henriques's Tamil grammar and the Tamil language; 2.2.3.1 Malabar and Tamil; 2.2.3.2 The structure of Henriques's grammar

2.2.3.3 Henriques's treatment of Tamil orthography and phonology2.2.3.4 Henriques's treatment of Tamil nominal declension; 2.2.3.5 Henriques's treatment of the Tamil verb; 2.2.3.6 Henriques's explicit comparisons between Tamil and Portuguese; 2.2.3.7 Henriques's treatment of Tamil word order; 2.2.3.8 Henriques's treatment of agreement in Tamil; 2.2.3.9 Henriques's treatment of variation within Tamil; 2.2.3.10 Henriques's meta-language; 2.2.4 The reputation of Henriques's work; 2.2.5 Other Tamil grammars; 2.3 Konkani. Thomas Stephens (Thomaz Estevão 1549-1619)

2.3.1 The life of Thomas Stephens2.3.2 Other early grammars of Konkani and neighbouring languages; 2.3.3 The Konkani language; 2.3.4 Stephens's Konkani grammar; 2.3.4.1 Stephens's treatment of phonology and orthography; 2.3.4.2 Stephens's treatment of Konkani nominal morphology; 2.3.4.3 Stephens's treatment of Konkani verbal morphology; 2.3.4.4 Stephens's treatment of Konkani syntax. Word order and agreement; 2.3.4.5 Stephens's treatment of ergativity; 2.3.4.6 Stephens's metalanguage; 2.4 Bengali. Manoel da Assumpçam (fl. 1743); 2.4.1 Manoel da Assumpçam and his grammar

2.4.2 The Bengali language2.4.3 The grammar; 2.4.3.1 Assumpçam's treatment of orthography and phonology; 2.4.3.2 Assumpçam's treatment of nominal declension; 2.4.3.3 Assumpçam's treatment of verbal morphology; 2.4.3.4 Assumpçam's treatment of syntax; 2.4.3.5 Assumpçam's treatment of word order and agreement; 2.5 Marathi (Anonymous 1778a); 2.5.1 The Marathi language; 2.5.2 The 1778 Marathi grammar; 2.5.2.1 The grammar's treatment of Marathi phonology and orthography; 2.5.2.2 The grammar's treatment of Marathi nominal morphology; 2.5.2.3 The grammar's treatment of Marathi verbal morphology

2.5.2.4 The grammar's treatment of Marathi syntax, word order and agreement

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-32902-6

9786613329028

90-272-8325-7

OCLC:

769341955