The language of the Sangleys : a Chinese vernacular in missionary sources of the seventeenth century / / by Henning Kloter.
Handwritten in the seventeenth century, the Arte de la lengua chio chiu is the oldest extant grammar of the Chinese vernacular known as Southern Min or Hokkien, and a spectacular source text for present-day linguistics. Its author, a Spanish Dominican missionary, worked among the Chinese settlers in...
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| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Sinica Leidensia ;
v. 98 Sinica Leidensia 98. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (458 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| Summary: | Handwritten in the seventeenth century, the Arte de la lengua chio chiu is the oldest extant grammar of the Chinese vernacular known as Southern Min or Hokkien, and a spectacular source text for present-day linguistics. Its author, a Spanish Dominican missionary, worked among the Chinese settlers in Manila or “Sangleys”. The first part of The Language of the Sangleys is an in-depth analysis of the Arte in its historical, social and linguistic contexts. The second part offers an annotated transcript and translation of the Arte , including facsimiles of the original manuscript, making this study eminently fit for classroom use. Combining sophisticated theory and method with meticulous philology, The Language of the Sangleys presents a fascinating, new chapter in the history of Chinese and general linguistics. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1283851970 9004195920 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | by Henning Kloter. |