PORTUGUESE MISSIONARIES’ CONTRIBUTION TO JAPANESE LINGUISTICS: ON JOÃO RODRIGUES AND THE LINGUISTIC OUTLINE IN THE FIRST JAPANESE GRAMMAR ARTE DA LINGOA DE IAPAM葡萄牙傳教士對日語語言學的貢獻：陸若漢和第一本日語文法《日本大文典》中的語言學概要

This article examines the role of Portuguese missionaries in shaping linguistic knowledge of Japanese, focusing on João Rodrigues and the "linguistic outline" presented in *Arte da Lingoa de Iapam* (1608). The central thesis holds that Rodrigues' grammatical production must be understood as an instr...

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Published in:	Review of Culture
Main Author:	Chen Fangze
Format:	Articles
Published:	Instituto Cultural de Macau July 2011
Subjects:	Articles
Online Access:	https://www.icm.gov.mo/rc/viewer/pdfViewerParts/40039/3136