Colonialism and Grammatical Representation John Gilchrist and the Analysis of the 'Hindustani' Language in the late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries
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Colonialism and Grammatical Representation
John Gilchrist and the Analysis of the 'Hindustani' Language in the late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries
Richard Steadman-Jones
Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General
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.
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- 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
Richard Steadman-Jones teaches in the School of English at the University of Sheffield.
| Publication Date: | 18 June 2007 |
| Publisher: | Wiley |
| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell |
| ISBN-13: | 9781405161329 |
| Format: | Paperback softback |
| Page Count: | 296 |
| Weight (oz): | 14.72 |