Portuguese missionary grammars in Asia, Africa and Brazil, 1550-1800 / Otto Zwartjes.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Portuguese Missionary Grammars in Asia, Africa and Brazil, 1550-1800; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Preface & acknowledgements; Chapter 1. Introduction; 1.1 Goal of the study; 1.2 The historiographical neglect of missionary linguistics; 1.3 The contribution of missionary linguistics to the study of the typology of languages; 1.4 Missionary linguists as field-workers: Their attitudes; 1.5 The description of exotic languages and the development of linguistic concepts; 1.6 The goals and structure of this study; 1.6.1 What do we want to know?

1.6.1.1 Phonology and orthography1.6.1.2 Morphosyntax; 1.6.1.3 The lexicon; 1.6.1.4 Extra-grammatical information; 1.6.2 What do we have?; References; Chapter 2. The Indian subcontinent; 2.1 Introduction; 2.1.1 Historical background; 2.1.2 The Indian grammatical tradition; 2.2 Tamil. Henrique Henriques (or, Anrique Anriquez) (1520-1600); 2.2.1 The life and work of Henrique Henriques; 2.2.2 Henriques's Tamil grammar: Authorship and sources; 2.2.3 Henriques's Tamil grammar and the Tamil language; 2.2.3.1 Malabar and Tamil; 2.2.3.2 The structure of Henriques's grammar.

2.2.3.3 Henriques's treatment of Tamil orthography and phonology2.2.3.4 Henriques's treatment of Tamil nominal declension; 2.2.3.5 Henriques's treatment of the Tamil verb; 2.2.3.6 Henriques's explicit comparisons between Tamil and Portuguese; 2.2.3.7 Henriques's treatment of Tamil word order; 2.2.3.8 Henriques's treatment of agreement in Tamil; 2.2.3.9 Henriques's treatment of variation within Tamil; 2.2.3.10 Henriques's meta-language; 2.2.4 The reputation of Henriques's work; 2.2.5 Other Tamil grammars; 2.3 Konkani. Thomas Stephens (Thomaz Estevão 1549-1619).

2.3.1 The life of Thomas Stephens2.3.2 Other early grammars of Konkani and neighbouring languages; 2.3.3 The Konkani language; 2.3.4 Stephens's Konkani grammar; 2.3.4.1 Stephens's treatment of phonology and orthography; 2.3.4.2 Stephens's treatment of Konkani nominal morphology; 2.3.4.3 Stephens's treatment of Konkani verbal morphology; 2.3.4.4 Stephens's treatment of Konkani syntax. Word order and agreement; 2.3.4.5 Stephens's treatment of ergativity; 2.3.4.6 Stephens's metalanguage; 2.4 Bengali. Manoel da Assumpçam (fl. 1743); 2.4.1 Manoel da Assumpçam and his grammar.

2.4.2 The Bengali language2.4.3 The grammar; 2.4.3.1 Assumpçam's treatment of orthography and phonology; 2.4.3.2 Assumpçam's treatment of nominal declension; 2.4.3.3 Assumpçam's treatment of verbal morphology; 2.4.3.4 Assumpçam's treatment of syntax; 2.4.3.5 Assumpçam's treatment of word order and agreement; 2.5 Marathi (Anonymous 1778a); 2.5.1 The Marathi language; 2.5.2 The 1778 Marathi grammar; 2.5.2.1 The grammar's treatment of Marathi phonology and orthography; 2.5.2.2 The grammar's treatment of Marathi nominal morphology; 2.5.2.3 The grammar's treatment of Marathi verbal morphology.

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