And he knew our language : missionary linguistics on the Pacific Northwest coast

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And he knew our language : missionary linguistics on the Pacific Northwest coast

Marcus Tomalin

(Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science, ser. 3 . Studies in the history of the language sciences ; v. 116)

John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2011

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes

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内容説明

This ambitious and ground-breaking book examines the linguistic studies produced by missionaries based on the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America (and particularly Haida Gwaii) during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Making extensive use of unpublished archival materials, the author demonstrates that the missionaries were responsible for introducing many innovative and insightful grammatical analyses. Rather than merely adopting Graeco-Roman models, they drew extensively upon studies of non-European languages, and a careful exploration of their scripture translations reveal the origins of the Haida sociolect that emerged as a result of the missionary activity. The complex interactions between the missionaries and anthropologists are also discussed, and it is shown that the former sometimes anticipated linguistic analyses that are now incorrectly attributed to the latter. Since this book draws upon recent work in theoretical linguistics, religious history, translation studies, and anthropology, it emphasises the unavoidably interdisciplinary nature of Missionary Linguistics research. As of January 2019, this e-book is freely available, thanks to the support of libraries working with Knowledge Unlatched.

目次

  • 1. Acknowledgements
  • 2. Abbreviations
  • 3. 1. Introduction
  • 4. 2. Culture and contact
  • 5. 3. Initial encounters
  • 6. 4. Analysing and assessing
  • 7. 5. Translating scripture
  • 8. 6. Anthropological approaches
  • 9. 7. Conclusion
  • 10. References
  • 11. Index of biographical names
  • 12. Index of subjects and terms

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