The Last Language on Earth: Linguistic Utopianism in the Philippines - Paperback
by Piers Kelly
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Availability:In StockContributor:Piers KellySeries:Oxford Studies in the Anthropology of LanguagePublish date:2021-12-31Pages:328
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780197509920ISBN-10:197509924UPC:9780197509920Book Category:Language Arts & Disciplines, Foreign Language StudyBook Subcategory:Linguistics, Oceanic & Australian Languages, MiscellaneousBook Topic:SociolinguisticsSize:9.30 x 6.20 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SCV170E521
The Last Language on Earth: Linguistic Utopianism in the Philippines
The Last Language on Earth is an ethnographic history of the disputed Eskayan language, spoken today by an isolated upland community living on the island of Bohol in the southern Philippines. After Eskaya people were first 'discovered' in 1980, visitors described the group as a lost tribe preserving a unique language and writing system. Others argued that the Eskaya were merely members of a...
Series: Oxford Studies in the Anthropology of Language
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780197509920ISBN-10:197509924UPC:9780197509920Book Category:Language Arts & Disciplines, Foreign Language StudyBook Subcategory:Linguistics, Oceanic & Australian Languages, MiscellaneousBook Topic:SociolinguisticsSize:9.30 x 6.20 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SCV170E521
Piers Kelly is a linguistic anthropologist whose research centers on the varied uses of writing and graphic codes in non-state societies, especially in West Africa, Southeast Asia, and Australia. He has previously worked as a linguist with the National Commission on Indigenous People, Philippines, and is currently affiliated with the Centre for Australian Studies at the University of Cologne, the...
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