Missionary linguistics
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Study and description of languages by Christian missionaries
Missionary linguistics is linguistics done by Christian missionaries.[1] It has a significant role in the History of linguistics.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
References
- ↑ Errington, Joseph (2008). Linguistics in a Colonial World: A Story of Language, Meaning, and Power. Malden, MA: Blackwell. ISBN 978-1-4051-0570-5.
- ↑ Zwartjes, Otto; Zimmermann, Klaus; Schrader-Kniffki, Martina (2012). "The Historiography of Missionary Linguistics: Present state and further research opportunities". Historiographia Linguistica. 39 (2–3): 185–242. doi:10.1075/hl.39.2-3.01zwa.
- ↑ Zwartjes, Otto; Hovdhaugen, Even, eds. (2004). Missionary Linguistics / Lingüística misionera: Selected papers from the First International Conference on Missionary Linguistics, Oslo, 13–16 March 2003. Studies in the History of the Language Sciences. Vol. 106. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. ISBN 90-272-4596-7.
- ↑ Hanzeli, Victor Egon (1969). Missionary Linguistics in New France: A Study of Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Descriptions of American Indian Languages. Janua Linguarum, Series Maior. Vol. 29. The Hague: Mouton.
- ↑ Zwartjes, Otto; De Troia, Paolo, eds. (2020). Missionary Linguistics VI: Missionary Linguistics in Asia. Selected papers from the Tenth International Conference on Missionary Linguistics, Rome, 21–24 March 2018. Studies in the History of the Language Sciences. Vol. 130. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
- ↑ Dobrin, Lise M. (2009). "SIL International and the disciplinary culture of linguistics". Language. 85 (3): 618–619.
- ↑ pp. 223, 224. Skutnabb-Kangas, Tove. 2000. Linguistic Genocide in Education – Or Worldwide Diversity and Human Rights? Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
- ↑ Zimmermann, Klaus; Kellermeier-Rehbein, Birte, eds. (2015). Colonialism and Missionary Linguistics. Koloniale und Postkoloniale Linguistik. Vol. 5. Berlin: De Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-036048-6.
Further reading
- Zwartjes, Otto; Altman, Cristina, eds. (2005). Missionary Linguistics II / Lingüística misionera II: Orthography and Phonology. Studies in the History of the Language Sciences. Vol. 109. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
- Zwartjes, Otto; James, Gregory; Ridruejo, Emilio, eds. (2007). Missionary Linguistics III / Lingüística misionera III: Morphology and Syntax. Studies in the History of the Language Sciences. Vol. 111. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.