Language Learning and Teaching in Missionary and Colonial Contexts: L'apprentissage et l'enseignement des langues en contextes missionnaire et colonial (1) (Languages and Culture in History)

By: Dan Savatovsky and Mariangela Albano and Thị Kiều Ly Phạm and Valérie Spaëth

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Synopsis: This volume assembles texts dedicated to the linguistic and educational aspects of missionary and colonial enterprises, taking into account all continents and with an extended diachronic perspective (15th–20th centuries). Strictly speaking, this “linguistics” is contemporary to the colonial era, so it is primarily the work of missionaries of Catholic orders and Protestant societies. It can also belong to a retrospective outlook, following decolonization. In the first category, one mostly finds transcription, translation, and grammatization practices (typically, the production of dictionaries and grammar books). In the second category, one finds in addition descriptions of language use, of situations of diglossia, and of contact between languages. Within this framework, the volume focuses on educational and linguistic policies, language teaching and learning, and the didactics that were associated with them.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 496 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781040774175
Related ISBNs:: 9781041181972, 9789463728249, 9781040800072, 9781003698722
Publisher:: Taylor & Francis
Date of Addition:: 10/03/25
Copyrighted By:: The authors / Taylor & Francis Group
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality, Education, Social Studies, Language Arts, Politics and Government
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Dan Savatovsky
Edited by:: Mariangela Albano
Edited by:: Thi Kieu Pham
Edited by:: Valérie Spaëth