New World Babel : languages and nations in early America /

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New World Babel is an innovative cultural and intellectual history of the languages spoken by the native peoples of North America from the earliest era of European conquest through the beginning of the nineteenth century. By focusing on different aspects of the Euro-American response to indigenous s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gray, Edward G., 1964- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1999]
Colección:Princeton legacy library
Temas:
Indians of North America > Languages.
Language and languages > Philosophy.
Language and culture.
Langues des Peuples autochtones > Amérique du Nord.
Langage et langues > Philosophie.
Langage et culture.
HISTORY > United States > Colonial Period (1600-1775)
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Alphabets & Writing Systems.
Indians of North America > Languages
Language and culture
Language and languages
Language and languages > Philosophy
North America > Languages > History.
Amérique du Nord > Langues > Histoire.
North America
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter I. New World Babel
  • Chapter II. Language and Conversion
  • Chapter III. The Burden of Translation
  • Chapter IV. The Savage Word
  • Chapter V. Science of the Vanished
  • Chapter VI. An American Poetics
  • Conclusion
  • Select Bibliography
  • Index.

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