Author: Pereira, Jose
Title: Konkani: A Language. A History of the Konkani Marathi Controversy
Description: Dharwar, Karnatak University, 1971. orig. boards, dustwrapper. v, 145 pp. 22x14cm,. Slight binding stains, minor rubbing, Good. ¶ Contents: The Long Calm Before the Storm; John Leyden: The Initiator of the Controversy; William Carey: The First Great Konkanist; John Wilson: The Convert to Konkanism; Indecision Among Wilson's Contemporaries; Cunha Rivara & the Battle in Goa; The Organization of Konkanism: Gerson da Cunha;Compromising Trend: Maffei; Gunjikar & Saldanha; Grierson & Konow: The Konkanist Defeat; Konkanism Rallies: Leal, Pinto & Vaidya; The Organisation of Marathism: Samba Sardessai; Recovery: Sebastiao Rodolfo Dalgado; Victory: Jules Bloch; Lead Maintained: Chavan & Valaulikar; Consolidation: Sumitra Mangesh Katre; Two Historians: Mariano Saldanha & Pissurlencar; The Fixation of Marathist Strategy; A Restatement of the Konkanist View; Appendices: Confrontation of the Konkani & the Marathi Verb; Some Other Views of the Controversy.

Keywords: Indo-Aryan Linguistics, Indic Languages, Portuguese India, Political, Linguistics, South Asia, Linguistic History, Controversy, Marathi, Konkani Language