Missionary Linguistic Studies from Mesoamerica to Patagonia.

Astrid Alexander-Bakkerus , Rebeca Fernández Rodríguez (1) , Liesbeth Zack (2) , Otto Zwartjes (3, 4)

1 Universiteit Utrecht / Utrecht University [Utrecht]
2 UvA - University of Amsterdam [Amsterdam] = Universiteit van Amsterdam
3 UFR Linguistique UPCité - UFR Linguistique [Sociétés et Humanités] - Université Paris Cité
4 HTL - HTL - Histoire des Théories Linguistiques - UMR 7597

Missionary Linguistic Studies from Mesoamerica to Patagonia presents the results of in-depth studies of grammars, vocabularies and religious texts, dating from the sixteenth – nineteenth century. The researches involve twenty (extinct) indigenous Mesoamerican and South American languages: Matlatzinca, Mixtec, Nahuatl, Purépecha, Zapotec (Mexico); K’iche, Kaqchikel (Guatemala); Amage, Aymara, Cholón, Huarpe, Kunza, Mochica, Mapudungun, Proto-Tacanan, Pukina, Quechua, Uru-Chipaya (Peru); Tehuelche (Patagonia); (Tupi-)Guarani (Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay). The results of the studies include: a) a digital model of a good, conveniently arranged vocabulary, applicable to all indigenous Amerindian languages; b) disclosure of intertextual relationships, language contacts, circulation of knowledge; c) insights in grammatical structures; d) phone analyses; e) transcriptions, so that the texts remain accessible for further research. f) the architecture of grammars; g) conceptual evolutions and innovations in grammaticography.

Mots clés: History of Linguistics; Missionary Linguistics; Amerindian linguistics

Domaines: Sciences de l'Homme et Société

Astrid Alexander-Bakkerus, Rebeca Fernández Rodríguez, Liesbeth Zack, Otto Zwartjes (Dir.). Missionary Linguistic Studies from Mesoamerica to Patagonia.. Astrid Alexander-Bakkerus; Rebeca Fernández Rodríguez; Liesbeth Zack; Otto Zwartjes. Brill, 22, 2020, Brill's Studies in Language, Cognition and Culture, Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, R.M.W. Dixon, and N.J. Enfield, 978-90-04-42460-9. ⟨hal-03296430⟩