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The Molina Dictionary [text]
  • Jacob S. Neely, University of Kentucky
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Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571)

In 1571, Franciscan Friar Alonso de Molina worked with group of first- and second-generation (relative to the Conquest) indigenous scribes to compose this bilingual dictionary. It was the first dictionary of its kind in the Americas.

Which of the four categories of CONTINUITY apply to Molina’s dictionary?

Bibliography

Molina, and Miguel Portilla. Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana. México: Porrúa, 2004, pp. 0, 2.

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9-1-2018
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All scans courtesy of University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center and carried out by Jacob S. Neely.

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Jacob S. Neely. "The Molina Dictionary [text]" (2018)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jacob-neely/10/