Colonialism and Grammatical Representation: John Gilchrist and the Analysis of the 'Hindustani' Language in the late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth CenturiesISBN: 978-1-4051-6132-9
Paperback
296 pages
June 2007, Wiley-Blackwell
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- A detailed analysis of John Gilchrist’s work on the
‘Hindustani’ language
- Develops a method of reading colonial grammars that
acknowledges both the technical and the political dimensions of the
text
- Explores the political consequences of the choices that
grammarians made that could easily elicit reactions of fear,
confusion, and even contempt in colonial observers
- Presents a picture of the complex relationship between grammatical inquiry and the politics of colonial discourse in the early years of the Indian Empire
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