Chounavel C (1 results)

for the use of European Students. First edition. 8vo. Contemporary calf, extremities rubbed, presentation inscription on the front free endpaper. xvi, 232pp. Colombo, Catholic Orphan Press, Chounavel was ordained in Marseilles in 1852 and received orders to take up a post in the North American Arctic. His posting was changed at the last minute and he was sent to Sri Lanka instead. After a year, he was sent to Batticaloa as a lone missionary and completed his most important work, this grammar, as well as a translation of the bible, and numerous other works in Sinhalese and Tamil.   Chounavel strives to clarify the peculiars of Sinhalese grammar through the provision of numerous examples. The work includes a considerable amount of vocabulary broken down into parts of speech.…