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Pages: 310
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-11-02 - Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company

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This is the sixth volume to be dedicated to the pioneering linguistic work produced by missionaries in Asia. This volume presents research into the documentatio
Missionary Linguistics/Lingüística misionera
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Authors: Otto Zwartjes
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-08-31 - Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

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When the first European missionaries arrived on other continents, it was decided that the indigenous languages would be used as the means of christianization. T
And He Knew Our Language
Language: en
Pages: 221
Authors: Marcus Tomalin
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011 - Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

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This ambitious and ground-breaking book examines the linguistic studies produced by missionaries based on the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America (and part
Lingüí?stica Misionera III
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Authors: Otto Zwartjes
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This third volume on Missionary Linguistics focuses on morphology and syntax. It contains a selection of papers derived from the international conferences on mi
Colonialism and Missionary Linguistics
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A lot of what we know about “exotic languages” is owed to the linguistic activities of missionaries. They had the languages put into writing, described thei