{"product_id":"a-grammar-of-the-high-dialect-of-the-tamil-language-termed-shen-tamil-to-which-is-added-an-introduction-to-tamil-poetry-paperback-9781108055116","title":"A Grammar of the High Dialect of the Tamil Language, Termed Shen-Tamil; To Which is Added, an Introduction to Tamil Poetry (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108055116","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Grammar of the High Dialect of the Tamil Language, Termed Shen-Tamil\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTo Which is Added, an Introduction to Tamil Poetry\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 1822 publication is an important example of early Tamil scholarship by one of its most sensitive translators and linguists.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eC. G. Beschi (Author), B. G. Babington (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108055116, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 18 April 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e142 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 17.8 x 0.8 cm, 0.26 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePublished 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. G. 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eTranslator's preface\u003cbr\u003e Author's introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I: 1. Of letters\u003cbr\u003e 2. Of nouns\u003cbr\u003e 3. Of verbs\u003cbr\u003e Part II: 1. Of Tamil poetry\u003cbr\u003e 2. Of Pa or stanza\u003cbr\u003e 3. Of Inam\u003cbr\u003e 4. Of the art of Tamil poetry.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Linguistics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Linguistics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Linguistics%20%5BCF%5D%22\"\u003eCF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266113360152,"sku":"9781108055116","price":25.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108055116i.jpg?v=1696747238","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-grammar-of-the-high-dialect-of-the-tamil-language-termed-shen-tamil-to-which-is-added-an-introduction-to-tamil-poetry-paperback-9781108055116","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}