Last language on earth: linguistic utopianism in the Philippines
- New York: Oxford University Press, 2022.
- xxxi, 126p.; pbk; 24cm.
- Oxford Studies in the Anthropology of Language .
Includes glossary, index and references
An ethnographic history of a "mysterious" invented language in the Philippines. An original contribution to the early-twentieth-century history of the southern Philippines, based on fieldwork and archival materials. Demonstrates how driving theoretical concepts in linguistic anthropology, especially language and literacy ideology, can be productively applied to a real-world situation