To Speak With Other Tongues
Linguistics, Colonialism and Identity in 17th Century New England
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3852419 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alison Stanley (King's College London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-17 |
| Publication date | 2009-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Comparative American Studies An International Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1477-5700 • E-ISSN: 1741-2676 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1179/147757009x417233 |
| OpenAlex | W1972220995 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 16 |
Two language textbooks written in 17th century New England are examined, John Eliot's The Indian Grammar Begun and Roger Williams' A Key into the Language of America. Previously unnoticed links between these texts and traditional English forms of language teaching are demonstrated, and the argument is made that both men made conscious choices about how to adapt their experience of European linguistic models to the very different grammatical structures of Native American languages. These linguistic choices demonstrate the ways in which English and New English culture of the time used language to construct and display religious, social and national identities, using the contrast between Eliot's and Williams' lives and audiences at the time of writing in order to gain insight into the connections between language and identity in the period
Aesthetics · Art · Colonial period · Colonialism · Grammar · Linguistics · Sociology · Computer Science · History · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy
Eloquence is power
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| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |