Colonialism and missionary linguistics /
Missionaries played a central role in establishing colonialism (intellectual conquest) inasmuch as they described the "exotic languages" they encountered as an instrument of their missionary work. The language standardization they worked towards often came with Eurocentric manipulation. Th...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés Español Alemán |
Publicado: |
Berlin ; Boston :
De Gruyter,
[2015]
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Colección: | Koloniale und postkoloniale Linguistik ;
Bd. 5. Koloniale und Postkoloniale Linguistik / Colonial and Postcolonial Linguistics (KPL/CPL) |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Missionaries played a central role in establishing colonialism (intellectual conquest) inasmuch as they described the "exotic languages" they encountered as an instrument of their missionary work. The language standardization they worked towards often came with Eurocentric manipulation. This volume provides detailed insight into the interrelationship of colonialism, mission, language, and linguistics. |
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Notas: | Selected papers from the Seventh international Conference on Missionary linguistics, Bremen, 28 February-2 March 2012 -- Preface. |
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (276 pages) 1 online resource (x, 266 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
ISBN: | 9783110403176 311040317X 3110360489 9783110360486 9783110403206 311040320X |