30.340, Books: Ketelaar Rediscovered: Pytlowany

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Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 10:26:19
From: J. van Duijn Genet [lot at uva.nl]
Subject: Ketelaar Rediscovered: Pytlowany

 


Title: Ketelaar Rediscovered 
Subtitle: The first Dutch grammar of Persian and Hindustani (1698) 
Series Title: LOT Dissertation Series  

Publication Year: 2018 
Publisher: Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics / Landelijke (LOT)
	   http://www.lotpublications.nl/
	

Book URL: https://www.lotpublications.nl/ketelaar-rediscovered-the-first-dutch-grammar-of-persian-and-hindustani-1698 


Author: Anna Pytlowany

Paperback: ISBN:  9789460932977 Pages: 254 Price: Europe EURO 33.00


Abstract:

To any Indologist, Instructie off Onderwijsinge der Hindoustanse en Persiaanse
talen(1698) is instantly recognizable as the iconic ‘first grammar of
Hindustani’ – just as the name of its author, Joan Josua Ketelaar, is familiar
to scholars of Dutch colonial history. However, the significance of Ketelaar’s
work has never been fully appreciated until now. This multifaceted study is a
tribute to a rather special Dutch East India Company merchant, and to the
exceptional piece of work he created.

For the first time, two recently discovered manuscript copies of the text
(Utrecht MS and Paris MS) have been examined and compared with the one
previously known (Den Haag MS). One of the most significant findings is the
identification of models for both the grammatical part and the thematic
vocabulary. The origin and purpose of Ketelaar’s work is reflected even in his
choice of metalinguistic terminology. From the seemingly random lexical
elements, a more complete picture emerges of the socio-cultural landscape in
which Ketelaar wrote his introduction to Hindustani and Persian languages.

This study aims to put more history into linguistics, and more linguistics
into history. It does so by situating the Instructie in the historical context
of other linguistic productions created by employees of the Dutch East India
Company in Asia, to demonstrate how Ketelaar can be regarded as a linkbetween
the academic Latin-speaking community in Europe and the less literate
merchants working overseas who sought practical knowledge of foreign languages
to be used in daily trade dealings.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics
                     History of Linguistics

Subject Language(s): Dutch (nld)


Written In: English  (eng)

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