عنوان

Colonialism and grammatical representation: John Gilchrist and the analysis of the "Hindustani" language in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

eng

عنوان اصلي

Colonialism and grammatical representation: John Gilchrist and the analysis of the "Hindustani" language in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries

خط فهرست نويسي و خط اصلي شناسه

Between 1787 and 1796, John Gilchrist, a surgeon in the service of the East India Company published the first really detailed analysis of the 'Hindustani' language for the use of his compatriots in India. The study of colonial linguistics has tended to follow one of two paths, characterising texts like Gilchrist's either as exercises in technical problem-solving or as reductively political examples of 'colonial discourse'. This study develops a method of reading colonial grammars that acknowledges both dimensions of the text - the technical and the political. Steadman-Jones offers contextual discussion of the political, biographical, and intellectual contexts of Gilchrist's work. He also goes on to provide detailed readings of Gilchrist's grammatical praxis and, through them, presents a picture of the complex relationship between grammatical inquiry and the politics of colonial discourse in the early years of the Indian Empire.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Oxford; Boston

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Blackwell

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

2007

نام خاص و کميت اثر

viii, 280 p.; 23 cm.

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

Publications of the Philological Society

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

41

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references and index

متن يادداشت

ISBN: 9781405161329

متن يادداشت

Richard Steadman-Jones

متن يادداشت

1

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، Gilchrist, John Borthwick,9571-1481

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Study and teaching History ، Hindustani language

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Study and teaching Political aspects History ، Hindustani language

شماره رده

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Steadman-Jones, Richard

کد نقش

AU

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TI

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SE