Grammars of Colonialism

Download or read book Grammars of Colonialism written by Rachael Gilmour and published by Springer. This book was released on 2006-10-10 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.