Plague time memories: 17th century Guaraní language on diseases and epidemics (part 2)
The written linguistic record on health and disease in the Guaraní languages began in the 17th century. This article assembles 544 words and phrases surveyed in the dictionaries of Antonio Ruiz de Montoya, published in the years 1639 and 1640. In addition to the direct interest of the medicine and p...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2021 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade de Brasília (UnB) |
| Repositorio: | Revista Brasileira de Linguística Antropológica (Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/36930 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/ling/article/view/36930 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | História de doenças infectocontagiosas, Epidemias no Brasil Colonial, Medicina Guaraní History of Infectious Diseases, Colonial Brazil Epidemics, Guaraní Medicine |
| Sumario: | The written linguistic record on health and disease in the Guaraní languages began in the 17th century. This article assembles 544 words and phrases surveyed in the dictionaries of Antonio Ruiz de Montoya, published in the years 1639 and 1640. In addition to the direct interest of the medicine and public health, it is also a source for historical-comparative linguistics and for the long-term history of Guaraní medicine practiced by kuña paje and paje, the wise women and men in the art of healing. |
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