Author: Luciane Scarato
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000913546
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
This book investigates the diverse ways in which the Portuguese language expanded in Brazil, despite the multilingual landscape that predominated before and after the arrival of the Europeans and the African diaspora. Challenging the assumption that the prevalence of Portuguese was a natural consequence and foregone conclusion of colonisation, the book argues that the language’s expansion was as much a result of state intervention as of individual agency. The growth of the Portuguese language was a tumultuous process that mirrored the power relations and conflicts between Amerindian, European, African, and mestizo actors who shaped, standardised, and promoted the language within and beyond state institutions. Knowing Portuguese became an identification sign of being Brazilian. However, a significant number of languages disappeared along the way, and the book highlights that virtual language homogeneity does not imply social equality. Portuguese’s variants place speakers on different social levels that justify domination and inequality. This research tells the history of a victorious language and other languages that left their mark on Brazilian Portuguese. A Plurilingual History of the Portuguese Language in the Luso-Brazilian Empire is a useful resource for scholars interested in the history and standardisation of languages, Portuguese and Brazilian history, and the impacts of colonisation.
A Plurilingual History of the Portuguese Language in the Luso-Brazilian Empire
Author: Luciane Scarato
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000913546
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
This book investigates the diverse ways in which the Portuguese language expanded in Brazil, despite the multilingual landscape that predominated before and after the arrival of the Europeans and the African diaspora. Challenging the assumption that the prevalence of Portuguese was a natural consequence and foregone conclusion of colonisation, the book argues that the language’s expansion was as much a result of state intervention as of individual agency. The growth of the Portuguese language was a tumultuous process that mirrored the power relations and conflicts between Amerindian, European, African, and mestizo actors who shaped, standardised, and promoted the language within and beyond state institutions. Knowing Portuguese became an identification sign of being Brazilian. However, a significant number of languages disappeared along the way, and the book highlights that virtual language homogeneity does not imply social equality. Portuguese’s variants place speakers on different social levels that justify domination and inequality. This research tells the history of a victorious language and other languages that left their mark on Brazilian Portuguese. A Plurilingual History of the Portuguese Language in the Luso-Brazilian Empire is a useful resource for scholars interested in the history and standardisation of languages, Portuguese and Brazilian history, and the impacts of colonisation.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000913546
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
This book investigates the diverse ways in which the Portuguese language expanded in Brazil, despite the multilingual landscape that predominated before and after the arrival of the Europeans and the African diaspora. Challenging the assumption that the prevalence of Portuguese was a natural consequence and foregone conclusion of colonisation, the book argues that the language’s expansion was as much a result of state intervention as of individual agency. The growth of the Portuguese language was a tumultuous process that mirrored the power relations and conflicts between Amerindian, European, African, and mestizo actors who shaped, standardised, and promoted the language within and beyond state institutions. Knowing Portuguese became an identification sign of being Brazilian. However, a significant number of languages disappeared along the way, and the book highlights that virtual language homogeneity does not imply social equality. Portuguese’s variants place speakers on different social levels that justify domination and inequality. This research tells the history of a victorious language and other languages that left their mark on Brazilian Portuguese. A Plurilingual History of the Portuguese Language in the Luso-Brazilian Empire is a useful resource for scholars interested in the history and standardisation of languages, Portuguese and Brazilian history, and the impacts of colonisation.
Continuity and Change
Author: Robert James Bast
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004116337
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Offered here for the first time, the essays represent the most recent formulations of a wide variety of specialists within their own areas of expertise, while collectively contributing to the current historiographical debates about continuity and discontinuity between the Middle Ages and the Early Modern era.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004116337
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Offered here for the first time, the essays represent the most recent formulations of a wide variety of specialists within their own areas of expertise, while collectively contributing to the current historiographical debates about continuity and discontinuity between the Middle Ages and the Early Modern era.
The British Library Companion to Maps and Mapmaking
Author: Rebecca Stefoff
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
This guide to maps and map-making combines dictionary and encyclopaedia formats to provide a comprehensive, accessible reference to geography and mapping. Over 350 entries are arranged alphabetically for ease of use, and illustrations include maps from all periods, portraits, and drawings or diagrams illustrating technical topics. Biographical entries include colourful details and anecdotes as well as the important facts about each individual's contribution to cartography. Most entries include suggestions for further reading and are cross-referenced to other articles.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
This guide to maps and map-making combines dictionary and encyclopaedia formats to provide a comprehensive, accessible reference to geography and mapping. Over 350 entries are arranged alphabetically for ease of use, and illustrations include maps from all periods, portraits, and drawings or diagrams illustrating technical topics. Biographical entries include colourful details and anecdotes as well as the important facts about each individual's contribution to cartography. Most entries include suggestions for further reading and are cross-referenced to other articles.
Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature
Author: John McClintock
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 964
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 964
Book Description
Mapmakers of the Sixteenth Century and Their Maps
Author: Robert W. Karrow
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cartographers
Languages : en
Pages : 888
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cartographers
Languages : en
Pages : 888
Book Description
Lodovico Lazzarelli (1447-1500)
Author: Ludovico Lazzarelli
Publisher: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (ACMRS)
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Publisher: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (ACMRS)
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
The Century Cyclopedia of Names
Author: Benjamin Eli Smith
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 1148
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 1148
Book Description
“Titi Lucreti Cari” De Rerum Natura Libri Sex
Author: Titus Lucretius Carus
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : la
Pages : 456
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : la
Pages : 456
Book Description
The Life of Benvenuto Cellini
Author: Benvenuto Cellini
Publisher: London : J.C. Nimmo
ISBN:
Category : Art, Renaissance
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Publisher: London : J.C. Nimmo
ISBN:
Category : Art, Renaissance
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Encyclopaedia of Chronology
Author: Bernard Bolingbroke Woodward
Publisher: London, Longmans
ISBN:
Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 1508
Book Description
Publisher: London, Longmans
ISBN:
Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 1508
Book Description