Richard Steadman-Jones

Colonialism and Grammatical Representation

John Gilchrist and the Analysis of the 'Hindustani' Language in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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

Produktdetails

• Publications of the Philological Society
• Verlag: Blackwell Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 161mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 415g
• ISBN-13: 9781405161329
• ISBN-10: 1405161329
• Artikelnr.: 22730271

Autorenporträt

Richard Steadman-Jones teaches in the School of English at the University of Sheffield.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface.

Introduction.

Part I: Contexts:.

1. The Political Context.

2. The Personal Context.

3. The Intellectual Context.

Part II: Case Studies:.

4. Noun Case.

5. The Verbal System.

6. Dialogues and Familiar Phrases.

7. Etymology.

Conclusion.

Bibliography

Rezensionen

"Steadman-Jones deftly weaves his biographical, political and linguistic strands into an engrossing account." ( Historiographia Linguistica , April 2009)