The language as an issue in the early history of African colonization: the “Crônica da Guiné”, by G. E. de Zurara

Authors

  • Bethania Mariani UFF

Keywords:

Portuguese linguistic colonization, Portuguese language, African languages.

Abstract

This paper focuses on the early period of Portuguese linguistic colonization in Africa through an analysis of the Chronica do Descobrimento e a Conquista da Guiné writen by Gomes Eannes Azurara in 1453. This work of Azurara is taken as the main text to understand the linguistic ideas emerging from the first contacts between the Portuguese and the African peoples. It is compared with other texts from the sarne period, such as Royal orders and papal bulls.

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Author Biography

Bethania Mariani, UFF

Doutora pela UNICAMP, é professora do Departamento de Ciências da Linguagem da UFF e pesquisadora do CNPq. Desenvolve estudos sobre a história das idéias lingüísticas no Brasil e sobre o modo como os portugueses empreenderam o processo de colonização lingüística em diferentes regiões do planeta. Publicou pela editora Pontes, em 2004, o livro Colonização lingüística; línguas, política e religião no Brasil (séculos XVI a XVIII) e nos Estados Unidos da América (século XVIII).

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Published

2005-12-30

How to Cite

Mariani, B. (2005). The language as an issue in the early history of African colonization: the “Crônica da Guiné”, by G. E. de Zurara. Gragoatá, 10(19). Retrieved from https://periodicos.uff.br/gragoata/article/view/33262

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 19 (2005): África, new pathways

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Literature Articles

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