The Grammar Corpus in the Horizon of Retrospection of S. José de Anchieta, SJ (1534-1597)

Abstract

The present study consists of an analysis of the grammar corpus within the horizon of retrospection of S Jos de Anchieta SJ 1534-1597 based on the theoretical and methodological basis of Historiography of Linguistics within the scope of Grammaticography the History of Grammar Bearing in mind that Anchieta lived in the heyday of Iberian Renaissance humanism a time of globalization of Western linguistic education by European navigations I analyzed the climate of opinion and the possible influences that the Christian humanist received to write the Art of grammar of the most important language used on the coast of Brazil 1595 on the Tupinamb s language My historiographical description will take place chronologically dividing Anchieta s biography into phases according to the biography written by H lio Viotti 1980 and investigating the possible sources and influences of Anchieta s grammatical study in his performance as a teacher grammarian and school manager in 16th century Brazil Throughout the article I also describe the context of production of the literary works that integrate the anchietan corpus in an interpretation of the Monumenta Anchietana The purpose of the study is to support future researchs on the intertextuality of the anchietan grammar with other 16th century grammars constituting a corpus of analysis