The Global Consequences of Mistranslation: The Adoption of the “Black but …” Formulation in Europe, 1440–1650
This article investigates the genesis of a linguistic model occasioned by a mistranslation that was taken up in the Renaissance, and had an enduring global impact. I call this model the “black but…” formulation, and it is to be found in the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries throughout w...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI
[2012]
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Religions
Year: 2012, Volume: 3, Issue: 3, Pages: 544-555 |
Further subjects: | B
Renaissance
B Slave B Black B linguistic formulation B “Song of Songs” |
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