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And he knew our language : missionary linguistics on the Pacific northwest coast /

This ambitious and ground-breaking book examines the linguistic studies produced by missionaries based on the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America (and particularly Haida Gwaii) during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Making extensive use of unpublished archival materials, the...

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Main Author: Tomalin, Marcus
Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Company, [2011]
Series:Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Studies in the history of the language sciences ; v. 116.
Subjects:
Haida Indians > Languages.
Haida language > Discourse analysis.
Indians of North America > Missions > British Columbia > Haida Gwaii.
Indians > Languages > History.
Haida (Langue) > Analyse du discours.
Langues des Peuples autochtones > Histoire.
Philosophy of language.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Native American Languages.
Indians > Languages
Indians of North America > Missions
British Columbia > Haida Gwaii
Linguistics
History of Linguistics
Missionary Linguistics
Anthropology
Electronic books.
History
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