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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).
This fascinating work of linguistic anthropology is based on both the author's fieldwork in the Philippines and his meticulous and wide-ranging research. Kelly (Univ. of New England, Australia) treats the endangered Eskayan language more like a multifaceted, animate character in a historical narrative than a quiescent subject of stuffy academic scrutiny. He also takes care to center Eskaya voices in his telling of the story of this unique language, still used by an estimated 550 people on the island of Bohol in the Visayan region of the Philippines. * A. Kingston, University of Rochester, CHOICE * By the end of reading this book, you will not only have a good understanding of the Eskayan language's origin, lexicon, writing system, and literature, but you will also receive a sense of the ideals and hopes of the Eskaya. * Brooke Mullins, Northeastern Illinois University, Linguist List * This book is excellent for linguists interested in learning more about artificial languages and the context in which one such language can establish itself securely within a community. It is also intended for those interested in learning about the different peoples and cultures in the world that do not receive as much media attention as larger communities and nations. * Brooke Alyssa Mullins, Northeastern Illinois University, Linguist List *
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