Philippine English
Subtitle: linguistic and literary perspectives
By: edited by Maria Lourdes S. Bautista and Kingsley Bolton.
Contributors: Bautista, Maria Lourdes S.; Bolton, Kingsley, 1947-
Series: Asian Englishes today; Asian Englishes today
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Hong Kong
Language: eng
Number of pages: 405
ISBN-13: 9789622099470
Subjects: English language -- Philippines; English language -- Social aspects -- Philippines
Description: An overview and analysis of the role of English in the Philippines, the factors that led to its spread and retention, and the characteristics of Philippine English today.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]-394) and index.
Table of contents: title: Philippine English : linguistic and literary perspectives / Kingsley Bolton and Ma. Lourdes S. Bautista; title: A favorable climate and soil : a transplanted language and literature / Andrew Gonzalez; title: English in Philippine education : solution or problem? / Allan B.I. Bernardo; title: English-language media in the Philippines : description and research / Danilo T. Dayag; title: World Englishes or worlds of English? Pitfalls of a postcolonial discourse in Philippine English / T. Ruanni F. Tupas; title: 'When I was a child I spake as a child' : reflecting on the limits of a nationalist language policy / D.V.S. Manarpaac; title: Taglish, or the phantom power of the lingua franca / Vicente L. Rafael; title: Linguistic diversity and English in the Philippines / Curtis D. McFarland; title: A lectal description of the phonological features of Philippine English / Ma. Lourdes G. Tayao; title: Lexicography and the description of Philippine English vocabulary / Kingsley Bolton and Susan Butler; title: Investigating the grammatical features of Philippine English / Ma. Lourdes S. Bautista; title: English in Philippine call centers and BPO operations : issues, opportunities, and research / Jane Lockwood, Gail Forey, and Helen Price; title: Colonial education and the shaping of Philippine literature in English / Isabel Pefianco Martin; title: Negotiating language : postcolonialism and nationalism in Philippine literature in English / Lily Rost Tope; title: 'This scene so fair' : Filipino English poetry, 1905-2005 / Gémino H. Abad; title: The Philippine short story in English : an overview / Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo; title: The Filipino novel in English / Caroline S. Hau; title: Filipino diasporic literature / Alfred A. Yuson; title: In conversation : Cebuano writers on Philippine literature and English / Simeon  Dumdum, Timothy Mo, and Resil Mojares; title: Bibliographical resources for researching English in the Philippines / Ma. Lourdes S. Bautista.