عنوان
پدید آورنده
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رده
P381.S57 R334 2006
P381
.
S57
R334
2006
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
0230286852
1283180200
9780230286856
9781283180207
b541913
Grammars of colonialism :
[Book]
representing languages in colonial South Africa
Rachael Gilmour.
Basingstoke [England] ; New York
Palgrave Macmillan
2006
(x, 231 pages) : illustrations, maps
Introduction --;Language in the Land of the 'Hottentots' and 'Caffres': European Travellers in the Eastern Cape, 1652-1806 --;Of Translation and Transformations: The Beginnings of Missionary Linguistics in South Africa --;Studying Language in the 'Moral Wilderness': Methodist Missionaries on the Eastern Cape Frontier --;Language, Culture, and 'The Native Mind': Missionary Language Study in Natal and the Zulu Kingdom --;From Languages to Language: The Comparative Philologist in South Africa --;Conclusion --;Index.
The study of languages was crucial to colonial power in 18th and 19th-century South Africa. This important book examines representations of the South African Bantu languages Xhosa and Zulu, revealing the ways in which colonial linguistics contributed to both the making of the colonial order and to instabilities at the heart of the project.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Alphabets & Writing Systems.
Sociolinguistics -- Other African languages -- Southern Africa.
South Africa -- Languages -- Study and teaching -- History.
P381
.
S57
R334
2006
Rachael Gilmour.
Rachael Gilmour
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