Piers Kelly

Broschiertes Buch

The Last Language on Earth

Linguistic Utopianism in the Philippines

Beschreibung

The Last Language on Earth is the story of Eskayan, a constructed language from the Philippines. Unlike better-known invented languages such as Esperanto or Klingon, Eskayan has now been transmitted from generation to generation within its community for over a century and has come to be regarded by its speakers as the true indigenous language of the island of Bohol. The book considers the form of language itself as a point of departure, and analyzes the historical circumstances and ideological motivations that brought it into being and which continue to sustain it today.

Autor

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 Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Leipzig, and the University of New England in Armidale, Australia. He is a co-editor of Skin, Kin and Clan: The Dynamics of Social Categories in Indigenous Australia (ANU Press, 2018).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 466g
• ISBN-13: 9780197509920
• ISBN-10: 0197509924
• Artikelnr.: 62536965