Linguistics in a Colonial World A Story of Language, Meaning, and Power

Name: Linguistics in a Colonial World A Story of Language, Meaning, and Power
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ISBN: 9781405105705

ISBN-10: 1405105704

ISBN-13: 9781405105705

Edition: 2007

Authors: Joseph Errington

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Because knowledge of exotic languages was so important for colonial power, linguistic scholarship was a crucial contributing element to colonial regimes. Linguistics in a Colonial World draws both on original texts and critical literature to survey methods, meanings, and uses of work by linguists in and for colonial projects. By tracing the shaping effects of the work of linguists on identities and communities, this book foregrounds the field's larger meanings and uses to confront broad practical and ideological challenges of colonial rule. Additionally, this volume traces continuities between colonial scholarship and current ways of thinking about language and cultural difference to offer…

Book details

List price: $58.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/11/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.10" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments


List of Figures and Table



The Linguistic in the Colonial



Early Conversions, or, How Spanish Friars Made the Little Jump



Imaging the Linguistic Past



Philology's Evolutions



Between Pentecost and Pidgins



Colonial Linguists, (Proto)-National Languages



Postcolonial Postscript


References


Language Index


Persons Index


Subject Index