Colonialism and missionary linguistics / edited by Klaus Zimmermann and Birte Kellermeier-Rehbein.

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...

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Corporate Author: International Conference on Missionary Linguistics
Other Authors: Zimmermann, Klaus, 1947- (Editor), Kellermeier-Rehbein, Birte (Editor)
Format: Electronic Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:English
Spanish
German
Published: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2015]
Series:Koloniale und postkoloniale Linguistik ; Bd. 5.
Koloniale und Postkoloniale Linguistik / Colonial and Postcolonial Linguistics (KPL/CPL)
Subjects:
Missions > Linguistic work > Congresses.
Language and languages > Study and teaching > History > Congresses.
Imperialism > Religious aspects > History > Congresses.
Lexicography.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Study and teaching > History.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax > Study and teaching > History.
Indians > Languages.
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