A Grammar of the High Dialect of the Tamil Language, Termed Shen-Tamil - To Which is Added, an Introduction to Tamil Poetry (Paperback)

Published in 1822, but completed in manuscript form almost 100 years earlier, this work was designed to accompany Beschi's earlier Grammar of Common Tamil. While the latter enabled the student to speak the language, this reissue offers a way into reading Tamil's classical literature with its complexity of thought and technique. One of the earliest and most distinguished pioneers in the field of Tamil studies, C. J. Beschi (1680 1747) was a Jesuit missionary in Madura, as well as a translator and composer of Tamil poetry. Since this treatise was not previously formally printed, this translation by B. G. Babington (1794 1866), from the original Latin, is based on a collation of texts, transcriptions and copies. In his preface, Babington outlines errata and problems stemming from this process, and makes explanatory notes where necessary. The work nevertheless remains a groundbreaking study of an ancient and complex language by a sensitive and thorough scholar and a gifted translator.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Library Collection - Perspectives from the Royal Asiatic Society
Release date:	April 2013
First published:	April 2013
Authors:	C. G. Beschi
Translators:	B. G. Babington
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 8mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	142
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-05511-6
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	Latin
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > General
LSN:	1-108-05511-7
Barcode:	9781108055116

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