SOCIO-LINGUISTIC DYNAMICS OF CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES IN THE PROGRESS OF THE KANNADA LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE DURING THE 19TH CENTURY
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https://doi.org/10.29121/shodhkosh.v3.i1.2022.2995Keywords:
Rejuvenation, Renaissance, Awakening, Movement Publication, Ancient, Evils, Lexicon, Literature, Linguist, Translation, Tracks, Education, Progress, Report, Navodaya, NavyaAbstract [English]
Christian missionaries who came to India to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ were indulged in socio-cultural activities due to their own necessitates. Throughout India, their work of educating the people, creating awareness about several social evils, creating new avenues of intellectual participation new fervour of social and cultural revivalism, and reforms. Literature is another field which was benefitted from their work of introducing of the printing press, collection, preservation, translations, and publications rejuvenated ancient knowledge which brought renaissance into India. Karnataka is one of the linguistic states which witnessed widespread awakening, and benefitted due to the work of Christian missions. Here, is an attempt to analyse the work of those missionaries, and their contributions to printing, journalism and experiments in literary composition
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