37.3122, Books: Flourishing in the Shadow of Giants: Anonby (2026)

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Subject: 37.3122, Books: Flourishing in the Shadow of Giants: Anonby (2026)

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Date: 30-Sep-2026
From: Rosanna Woensdregt [rosanna.woensdregt at degruyterbrill.com]
Subject: Flourishing in the Shadow of Giants: Anonby (2026)


Title: Flourishing in the Shadow of Giants
Subtitle: Language Maintenance among the Sebuyau
Series Title: Brill's Studies in Language, Cognition and Culture
Publication Year: 2026

Publisher: De Gruyter Brill
           https://www.degruyterbrill.com/?changeLang=en
Book URL: https://brill.com/display/title/74332

Author(s): Stan Anonby

Hardback ISBN: 978-90-04-75816-2
E-Book ISBN: 978-90-04-76629-7
DOI: 10.1163/9789004766297

Abstract:

Can minority 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 the language ecology in which Sebuyau is
embedded. The information in this book was gathered over the course of
five years while Stan Anonby lived among the Sebuyau. He learned their
language, participated in their community, and carefully observed and
analysed the way they spoke.
Readership: Relevant for an academic audience, particularly scholars
and graduate students in sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology,
language documentation, and Southeast Asian studies. Subject areas
include language maintenance, contact linguistics, and ethnographic
methods.

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics
                     Language Documentation
                     Phonetics
                     Sociolinguistics

Language Family(ies): Ibanic (iban1263)

Written In: English (eng, stan1293)



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