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Grammars of Colonialism

Representing Languages in Colonial South Africa
By:Rachael Gilmour
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9781403933812
eText ISBN:9780230286856
Edition:0
Copyright:2006
Format:Page Fidelity

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The study of languages was crucial to colonial power in 18th and 19th-century South Africa. This important book examines representations of the South African Bantu languages Xhosa and Zulu, revealing the ways in which colonial linguistics contributed to both the making of the colonial order and to instabilities at the heart of the project.