株式会社極東書店トップ商品一覧Colonialism and Grammatical Representation : John Gilchrist and the Analysis of Hindustani Language in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries.

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Colonialism and Grammatical Representation

Colonialism and Grammatical Representation : John Gilchrist and the Analysis of Hindustani Language in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries. 植民地主義と文法上の表現-J.ギルクリストと 18世紀末・19世紀初頭のヒンドスタニー語の分析

・ISBN 978-1-4051-6132-9 paper

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著者・編者Steadman-Jones, Richard,
シリーズPublications of the Philological Society
出版社(Blackwell, UK)
出版年月2007
ページ数288 pp.
言語ENG
ニュース番号<L01-77>

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A detailed study of Gilchrist's grammatical praxis which presents a picture of the complex relationship between grammatical inquiry and the politics of colonial discourse in the early years of the Indian Empire.

  • Develops a method of reading colonial grammars that acknowledges both the technical and the political dimensions of the text
  • Explores the political consequences of the choices that grammarians made that could easily elicit reactions of fear, confusion, and even contempt in colonial observers
  • Presents a picture of the complex relationship between grammatical inquiry and the politics of colonial discourse in the early years of the Indian Empire