Marlon James SALES Monash University The pastoral visit of Pope Francis to the Philippines in January 2015, which gathered the biggest crowd ever assembled for a Papal event in history, has put to fore the nexus between translation and religion in…
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Translation as a search for divine meanings: Fray Francisco Blancas de San José and his grammar of the Tagalog language
Tagged with: 17th century, missionary linguistics, Philippines, Tagalog, translation
Posted in 17th century, Article, History, Missionary Linguistics, Philippines, Translation
Posted in 17th century, Article, History, Missionary Linguistics, Philippines, Translation
Dr José Rizal and the making of a modern linguistic Messiah
Piers Kelly Australian National University Describing the preeminent Filipino national hero Dr. Jose Rizal as a linguist is a little like referring to Thomas Jefferson as a horticulturalist. The statement may be true, but the many other talents that Rizal…
Tagged with: Dr José Rizal, orthography, Philippines, Spanish, Tagalog
Posted in 19th century, Article, History, Linguistics, Philippines, Phonology
Posted in 19th century, Article, History, Linguistics, Philippines, Phonology
