First codification of Vietnamese by 17th-century missionaries: the description of tones and the influence of Portuguese on Vietnamese orthography

We analyse the importance of the generation of Jesuit pioneer missionaries at the service of the Portuguese Patronage for the implementation of quốc ngữ [national language] in present-day Vietnam and the linguistic description of the tonology of Annamese or Tonkinese (former names of Vietnamese). We...

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Published in:Histoire Epistémologie Langage
Main Authors: Fernandes, Gonçalo, Assunção, Carlos
Format: Articles
Language:en
Published: 2017
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Online Access:http://www.hel-journal.org/10.1051/hel/2017390108

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