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Carib materials, Peter Stephen Du Ponceau notebooks on philology

Culture:
Kalinago includes: Carib, Island, Kalhíphona
Language:English | French
Date:1815-1834
Contributor:Breton, Raymond, 1609-1679 | Davies | Laet, Johannes de | Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844
Subject:Linguistics
Type:Text
Genre:Notebooks
Extent:9 notebooks
Description: Grammatical study based on Breton (1667). Includes auxiliary-verb conjugation; extracts on men's vs. women's speech taken from Davies (1666). List of words from DeLaet (1633)
Collection:Peter Stephen Du Ponceau notebooks on philology (Mss.410.D92)

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South America materials, Peter Stephen Du Ponceau notebooks on philology

Language:English | French
Date:1815-1834
Contributor:Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844 | Humboldt, Wilhelm von, 1767-1835 | Laet, Johannes de
Subject:Linguistics
Type:Text
Genre:Notebooks
Extent:9 notebooks
Description: Includes Lengua del Chile, extracted from Molina (1788). Notes, vocabulary, and comparisons from De Laet (1633) on languages of Guiana. Discussion of 184 dialects found in the Orinoco region, extracted from Humboldt (1814).
Collection:Peter Stephen Du Ponceau notebooks on philology (Mss.410.D92)

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