Flourishing in the Shadow of Giants: Language Maintenance among the Sebuyau
By Stan Anonby
Hardcover
$146.00
By Stan Anonby
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Can small languages continue to flourish in the 21st century? This book tells you how the Sebuyau of Malaysia have managed to pull that off. They have preserved their unique way of speaking in spite of being surrounded by the powerful English, Chinese, and Malay languages. Even more amazing is that they have left their traditional culture, yet keep their indigenous language alive. In this book you will learn some of the mechanisms they use to resist language shift, and come to understand th...


