Consuelo Larrucea de Tovar

List of John Benjamins publications for which Consuelo Larrucea de Tovar plays a role.

Articles

Tovar, Consuelo Larrucea de 1986 José Celestino Mutis (1732-1808) and the Report on American Languages Ordered by Charles III of Spain for Catherine the Great of RussiaThe History of Linguistics in Spain, Quilis Morales, Antonio and Hans-Josef Niederehe (eds.), pp. 213 ff. | Article
It is well known that the Empress Catherine II of Russia had a personal interest in linguistics. She began to collect words and she even prepared a word list of different languages of her Empire and of the world. It is also known that she asked the King of Spain Charles III for information on the… read more