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- Title
A GRAMMAR OF CONQUEST: THE SPANISH AND ARABIC REORGANIZATION OF GRANADA AFTER 1492.
- Authors
Gilbert, Claire
- Abstract
Antonio de Nebrija's phrase, 'Language has always been the companion of empire,' from his 1492 Gramática castellana, has become synonymous with how control over language sustained Spanish colonial enterprises in the Americas. Nebrija's imperial ideals in 1492, however, focused on the recently conquered Muslim kingdom of Granada and the imposition of new language and law on those subjects. The aftermath of conquest in Granada witnessed the promulgation of complex language policies regarding both Spanish and Arabic, and the creation of bilingual power structures across local, royal, noble and church administration. In that setting, the Castilian priest Pedro de Alcalá learned Arabic and created a set of grammatical, lexical and religious materials in Arabic and Spanish that reflected and were instrumental for the reorganization of Granadan society. This article studies Alcalá's work as part of the religious and scholarly milieux connected to Ferdinand and Isabel's court and considers it alongside archival documents in Arabic and Spanish which testify to the social relations and institutions surrounding its production in Granada. The collaboration and competition behind the production of Alcalá's texts are an example of how missionary linguistics, translation and language policies shape political and social organization according to multiple agendas and perspectives.
- Subjects
SPAIN; SPANISH Conquest of the Kingdom of Granada, 1476-1492; REIGN of Ferdinand &; Isabella, Spain, 1479-1516; NEBRIJA, Antonio de, 1444-1522; DE Alcala, Pedro; ACCULTURATION; CULTURAL fusion; POLYGLOT dictionaries; ARABIC language; SPANISH language -- Dictionaries; LANGUAGE &; languages; LANGUAGE &; languages -- Dictionaries
- Publication
Past & Present, 2018, Vol 239, Issue 1, p3
- ISSN
0031-2746
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/pastj/gty003