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Roland Jaques
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Portuguese Pioneers of Vietnamese Linguistics |
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No copies available |
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| Published in: |
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Thailand |
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Paperback |
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406 |
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2006-07-21 |
| ISBN: |
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9748304779 |
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Orchid Press |
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2.03 pounds |
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6.93 x 9.45 x 0.94 inches |
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| Description: |
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Product Description
The development and eventual official adoption of a Romanized script has had an enormous impact on Vietnam's cultural and intellectual development and has been a major contributor to its high literacy rate and its modernization. Among linguists, the development of the Roman script has long been attributed to the efforts of French scholar and missionary Alexandre de Rhodes. This study demonstrates that Rhodes' accomplishment was made possible by the efforts of earlier Portuguese linguists upon whose work he built.
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http://bookmooch.com/9748304779 |
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