Last Language on Earth
Last Language on Earth
Linguistic Utopianism in the Philippines
Kelly, Piers
Oxford University Press Inc
05/2022
328
Mole
Inglês
9780197509920
15 a 20 dias
472
Acknowledgments
A Note on Terminology
Prologue
Chapter One: Introduction
What this Book is About
What Pinay Understood About Language
A Language Forgotten, a Language Foretold
PART I: Locating the Eskaya
Chapter Two: Language, Literacy and Revolt in the Southern Philippines
Pre-contact Visayan Literacy
The 'Problem' of Language Diversity in the Colonial and Early
Commonwealth periods (1593-1937)
Shamanic Rebellion and Indigenous Outlaws in Bohol (1621-1829)
Enter the Eskaya (1902-1937)
Chapter Three: Contact and Controversy
First Contact
Media
Institutional Tribehood
A Formal Alliance and a Lost Report
Eskaya Responses and a New Research Agenda
PART II: Language, Letters, Literature
Chapter Four: How Eskayan is Used Today
Bohol in the Visayas
Language use in Bohol
A picture of the Fieldsite
The Spoken and Sung Somains of Eskayan
The Written Domains of Eskayan and Ideologies of Writing
Chapter Five: The Writing System
Writing Eskayan Sounds
Numbers
Script
The Past and Future of Eskayan writing
Chapter Six: Words and Their Origins
Eskayan Grammar
The Lexicon
Sources of Inspiration
Pinay's Lexical Agenda
Chapter Seven: Eskaya Literature and Traditional Historiography
The Origins and Scope of Eskaya literature
Language History in Eskaya Literature: A Summary and Analysis
Discussion
PART III: Insurrection and Resurrection
Chapter Eight: From Pinay to Mariano Datahan (and Back Again)
Datahan and the Origins of the Biabas Encampment
The Return of Militant Cults 1902-1922
Accommodation with the US Regime ca. 1914-1937
Datahan's Final War and Posthumous legacy
Chapter Nine: Eskayan Revealed: A Scenario
The Rise of English in Bohol as a Catalyst for Eskayan
How Pinay's Language was Revealed
Prophecy, Prolepsis and Time Depth
Summary
Chapter Ten: Conclusion: The First Language and the Last Word
Imagining Indigeneity from Above: The View from the Helicopter
The Form of Eskayan and the Identity of Pinay
Imagining Indigeneity from Below: The View from the Village
Regional Parallels
The (Re)invention of Linguistic Tradition
The Future of Eskayan
References
Glossary of Eskayan Terms Used in this Volume
Index
Acknowledgments
A Note on Terminology
Prologue
Chapter One: Introduction
What this Book is About
What Pinay Understood About Language
A Language Forgotten, a Language Foretold
PART I: Locating the Eskaya
Chapter Two: Language, Literacy and Revolt in the Southern Philippines
Pre-contact Visayan Literacy
The 'Problem' of Language Diversity in the Colonial and Early
Commonwealth periods (1593-1937)
Shamanic Rebellion and Indigenous Outlaws in Bohol (1621-1829)
Enter the Eskaya (1902-1937)
Chapter Three: Contact and Controversy
First Contact
Media
Institutional Tribehood
A Formal Alliance and a Lost Report
Eskaya Responses and a New Research Agenda
PART II: Language, Letters, Literature
Chapter Four: How Eskayan is Used Today
Bohol in the Visayas
Language use in Bohol
A picture of the Fieldsite
The Spoken and Sung Somains of Eskayan
The Written Domains of Eskayan and Ideologies of Writing
Chapter Five: The Writing System
Writing Eskayan Sounds
Numbers
Script
The Past and Future of Eskayan writing
Chapter Six: Words and Their Origins
Eskayan Grammar
The Lexicon
Sources of Inspiration
Pinay's Lexical Agenda
Chapter Seven: Eskaya Literature and Traditional Historiography
The Origins and Scope of Eskaya literature
Language History in Eskaya Literature: A Summary and Analysis
Discussion
PART III: Insurrection and Resurrection
Chapter Eight: From Pinay to Mariano Datahan (and Back Again)
Datahan and the Origins of the Biabas Encampment
The Return of Militant Cults 1902-1922
Accommodation with the US Regime ca. 1914-1937
Datahan's Final War and Posthumous legacy
Chapter Nine: Eskayan Revealed: A Scenario
The Rise of English in Bohol as a Catalyst for Eskayan
How Pinay's Language was Revealed
Prophecy, Prolepsis and Time Depth
Summary
Chapter Ten: Conclusion: The First Language and the Last Word
Imagining Indigeneity from Above: The View from the Helicopter
The Form of Eskayan and the Identity of Pinay
Imagining Indigeneity from Below: The View from the Village
Regional Parallels
The (Re)invention of Linguistic Tradition
The Future of Eskayan
References
Glossary of Eskayan Terms Used in this Volume
Index