Oxford Studies in the Anthropology of Language – serie
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The Last Language on Earth
Linguistic Utopianism in the Philippines
Av Piers Kelly
Inbunden, 2022
1276 kr
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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 …
Recognizing Indigenous Languages
Double Binds of State Policy and Teaching Kichwa in Ecuador
Häftad, 2023
389 kr
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What follows when state institutions name historically oppressed languages as official? What happens when bilingual education activists gain the right to coordinate schooling from upper-level state offices? The intercultural bilingual school system in Ecuador has been one of the most prominent …
Rethinking Politeness with Henri Bergson
Häftad, 2022
435 kr
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In 1885, Henri Bergson addressed a class of French high school students on the subject of politeness. Bergson would go on to become one of the most influential philosophers of his time, yet although this essay set forth a striking theory of politeness and foreshadowed aspects of his later work, it …
The Last Language on Earth
Linguistic Utopianism in the Philippines
Av Piers Kelly
Häftad, 2022
520 kr
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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 …
Recognizing Indigenous Languages
Double Binds of State Policy and Teaching Kichwa in Ecuador
Inbunden, 2023
1285 kr
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What follows when state institutions name historically oppressed languages as official? What happens when bilingual education activists gain the right to coordinate schooling from upper-level state offices? The intercultural bilingual school system in Ecuador has been one of the most prominent …
Rethinking Politeness with Henri Bergson
Inbunden, 2022
1291 kr
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In 1885, Henri Bergson addressed a class of French high school students on the subject of politeness. Bergson would go on to become one of the most influential philosophers of his time, yet although this essay set forth a striking theory of politeness and foreshadowed aspects of his later work, it …
Nahuatl Nations
Language Revitalization and Semiotic Sovereignty in Indigenous Mexico
Inbunden, 2024
1006 kr
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Nahuatl Nations is a linguistic ethnography that explores the political relations between those Indigenous communities of Mexico that speak the Nahuatl language and the Mexican Nation that claims it as an important national symbol. Author Magnus Pharao Hansen studies how this relation has been …
Nahuatl Nations
Language Revitalization and Semiotic Sovereignty in Indigenous Mexico
Häftad, 2024
349 kr
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Nahuatl Nations is a linguistic ethnography that explores the political relations between those Indigenous communities of Mexico that speak the Nahuatl language and the Mexican Nation that claims it as an important national symbol. Author Magnus Pharao Hansen studies how this relation has been …
Living Together Across Borders
Communicative Care in Transnational Salvadoran Families
Inbunden, 2025
392 kr
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In Living Together Across Borders, author Lynnette Arnold tells the stories of extended families living stretched between a rural Salvadoran village and the urban locations in the United States where their migrant relatives live. In this multi-sited ethnography, Arnold examines seemingly mundane …
Living Together Across Borders
Communicative Care in Transnational Salvadoran Families
Häftad, 2025
117 kr
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In Living Together Across Borders, author Lynnette Arnold tells the stories of extended families living stretched between a rural Salvadoran village and the urban locations in the United States where their migrant relatives live. In this multi-sited ethnography, Arnold examines seemingly mundane …
Going Tactile
Life at the Limits of Language
Inbunden, 2024
1006 kr
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In the 2010s, leaders of the DeafBlind community in Seattle called into question the community's dependence on sighted interpreters and sought new ways of communicating, interacting, and navigating through touch. This effort became the "protactile movement," and it spread quickly across the …
Going Tactile
Life at the Limits of Language
Häftad, 2024
393 kr
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In the 2010s, leaders of the DeafBlind community in Seattle called into question the community's dependence on sighted interpreters and sought new ways of communicating, interacting, and navigating through touch. This effort became the "protactile movement," and it spread quickly across the …
Kill Talk
Language and Military Necropolitics
Inbunden, 2025
920 kr
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The language used by American military personnel can be intense and confrontational, yet the relationship between language and military violence is rarely examined in depth. This groundbreaking book offers a unique perspective on how language facilitates the work of combat infantry-the state's …
Kill Talk
Language and Military Necropolitics
Häftad, 2025
227 kr
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The language used by American military personnel can be intense and confrontational, yet the relationship between language and military violence is rarely examined in depth. This groundbreaking book offers a unique perspective on how language facilitates the work of combat infantry-the state's …
