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Missionary Linguistics II / Orthography and Phonology. Selected papers from the Second International Conference on Missionary Linguistics, São Paulo, 10-13 March 2004.
This is the second volume to be dedicated to the pioneering linguistic work produced by the religious missionaries who, within the scope of the European colonial enterprises along the period 1550-1850, described dozens of autochthonous languages, many of which are only known today thanks to their en...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam/Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
2005.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This is the second volume to be dedicated to the pioneering linguistic work produced by the religious missionaries who, within the scope of the European colonial enterprises along the period 1550-1850, described dozens of autochthonous languages, many of which are only known today thanks to their endeavours. The twelve papers joint in the present volume -- which dedicated special attention to the orthographical and phonological dimension of their work -- provide a comprehensive picture of the descriptive problems faced by these linguists avant la lettre, notably: the difficulties faced before th. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (300 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9789027285331 9027285330 1283092395 9781283092395 |