Book contents
- The Cambridge World History of Lexicography
- The Cambridge World History of Lexicography
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Editor’s Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I The Ancient World
- Part II The Pre-Modern World
- Part III The Modern World: Continuing Traditions
- Part IV The Modern World: Missionary and Subsequent Traditions
- 26 Missionary Traditions in South America
- 27 Missionary Traditions in Mesoamerica
- 28 Missionary and Subsequent Traditions in North America
- 29 Missionary Traditions in East Asia
- 30 European Traditions in India and Indonesia
- 31 Missionary and Subsequent Traditions in Africa
- 32 Missionary and Other Traditions in Australia
- Appendix 1 The Language Varieties
- Appendix 2 The Lexicographers
- Primary Sources
- Secondary Sources
- Index
27 - Missionary Traditions in Mesoamerica
from Part IV - The Modern World: Missionary and Subsequent Traditions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 September 2019
- The Cambridge World History of Lexicography
- The Cambridge World History of Lexicography
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Editor’s Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I The Ancient World
- Part II The Pre-Modern World
- Part III The Modern World: Continuing Traditions
- Part IV The Modern World: Missionary and Subsequent Traditions
- 26 Missionary Traditions in South America
- 27 Missionary Traditions in Mesoamerica
- 28 Missionary and Subsequent Traditions in North America
- 29 Missionary Traditions in East Asia
- 30 European Traditions in India and Indonesia
- 31 Missionary and Subsequent Traditions in Africa
- 32 Missionary and Other Traditions in Australia
- Appendix 1 The Language Varieties
- Appendix 2 The Lexicographers
- Primary Sources
- Secondary Sources
- Index
Summary
Although even today missionaries are active in linguistic fieldwork, the chronological focus of this chapter is on lexicographical production during the colonial period. Its geographical focus is the culturally defined area that is traditionally called Mesoamerica. To the east and south, Mesoamerica extends to the Caribbean Sea and the southern borders of the area where Mayan languages are spoken, excluding the Caribbean islands and the southern part of central America. The frontier to the north is more problematic. The current border between the United States and Mexico is not the appropriate frontier, because it does not correspond to earlier borders of the Spanish territories; moreover, the lexicographical traditions from what is sometimes called the Greater Southwest, in other words northern Mexico, are quite different from those of the central part of Mesoamerica. Those traditions will therefore be treated in Chapter 28.
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- The Cambridge World History of Lexicography , pp. 579 - 596Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019