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Rosa, Agustín de la, 1824-1907.

Estudio de la filosofia y riqueza de la lengua mexicana para el uso de los alumnos del seminario de Guadalajara.

Guadalajara: Imp. de N. Parga, 1877

Physical Description: [5], 6-56, 53-94 p. ; 16 cm.

Call number: B877/ R788e

Accession number: 06304

Notes: Consists of 2 parts: (1) discussion of the various parts of speech in Nahuatl and (2) general observations on etymology, semantics, compounds, and usage in metaphysics, poetry, science, religion, etc. Incomplete: missing concluding paragraphs or pages of part 1, chapter 3, section 16 (“De la composición del verbo”) and beginning paragraphs of part 1, chapter 4 (“Del participio”), which can be found in 1889 edition, part 1, chapter 3, part 19, and chapter 4, respectively, along with new material added to 1877 text.

Languages: Nahuatl

Genre: Grammar

Region: Spanish America