The paratexts in the grammar books written by the missionaries in Latin America

AbstractReception: April 1, 2016Accepted: December 2, 2016During the colonial period grammar books were used by Catholic missionaries to describe the native languages then spoken in Latin America. These works contain paratexts which, despite their variety and abundance, have rarely been subjected to...

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Autor: Cancino Cabello, Nataly
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:México
Recursos:EL COLEGIO DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Nueva revista de Filología Hispánica
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:oai.nrfh.colmex.mx:article/3101
Acesso em linha:https://nrfh.colmex.mx/index.php/nrfh/article/view/3101
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:grammars
paratexts
missionary linguistics
printed documents
history of books.
gramáticas
paratextos
lingüística misionera
impresos
historia del libro
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Resumo:AbstractReception: April 1, 2016Accepted: December 2, 2016During the colonial period grammar books were used by Catholic missionaries to describe the native languages then spoken in Latin America. These works contain paratexts which, despite their variety and abundance, have rarely been subjected to scholarly study. This paper offers a classification of the paratexts, identifying them either in terms of their relationship to legal matters or regarding their place in the tradition of printed grammar books. An attempt is also made to gauge their relevance to the study of different human and social disciplines.