missionary-linguist

Definitions

A missionary who seeks to study a people's language in order to facilitate religious conversion.

Examples

“although we do not meet⟳ among the missionary linguists that marvellous variety of languages which excites our wonder⟳, yet we find⟳ in them abundant evidences of a solid and practical scholarship”

“While he had fulfilled what was expected of him as a missionary linguist, his eagerness for the welfare of the Africans led him to occupy⟳ himself with other plans”

“the valuable work⟳ of the excellent and indefatigable missionary-linguist, the late Father Marcoux, on the Iroquois language, is about to be published by the Bureau of ethnology.”

“Even the famous missionary-linguist J.G. Christaller could not break⟳ away from the spell⟳ of this 'priestcraft'-theory.”

“Many missionary-linguists leave⟳ the familiarity of their home and their social network to go spend⟳ many years (often decades) in local communities, learning the local language and local customs and beliefs.”

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