First International Conference on Missionary Linguistics
University of Oslo. March 13-16th,
2003
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After the discovery of the New
World the Europeans began to establish their hegemony in a new continent.
European expansion, colonisation and christianization of a large number and
variety of Amerindian tribes was accompanied by the study and recording of the
native languages of the Americas. In the same period, Christian missionary
activities escalated in Asia, especially the Far East, and in Russia, and a
little later in Africa. In the early 19th century, the Pacific became a new
"America" for missionary linguistics. This congress aims to outline the state
of research done in the field. The subjects are to some extent limited in time
(focusing primarily on the period 1492-1850) but not in space. This conference
aims particularly at inter-relating grammars written in different languages
(Latin, Spanish, Portuguese, English, French, Dutch, etc.), by missionaries of
different orders (Dominicans, Franciscans, Jesuits, etc.), and in different
continents. We wish to 'globalise' the discipline, crossing national and
linguistic frontiers in order to create new views and to open new horizons. See
background for more information.
Prof. Even Hovdhaugen
Prof. Otto
Zwartjes
Organising committee:
Redaksjon: uhs-web, uhs-webmaster@ub.uio.no
Forfatter: José María Izquierdo, p.j.m.izquierdo@ub.uio.no
Dokument opprettet: 15.05.2002