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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823455203321

Titolo

Philippine English : linguistic and literary perspectives / / edited by Maria Lourdes S. Bautista and Kingsley Bolton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hong Kong, : Hong Kong University Press

London, : Eurospan [distributor], c2008

Hong Kong : , : Hong Kong University Press, , 2008

ISBN

988-220-726-X

1-282-70923-2

9786612709234

988-8052-63-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 405 pages) : illustrations, map

Collana

Asian Englishes today

Disciplina

427.9599

Soggetti

English language - Philippines

English language - Social aspects - Philippines

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based on print version record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]-394) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Philippine English : linguistic and literary perspectives / Kingsley Bolton and Ma. Lourdes S. Bautista -- A favorable climate and soil : a transplanted language and literature / Andrew Gonzalez -- English in Philippine education : solution or problem? / Allan B.I. Bernardo -- English-language media in the Philippines : description and research / Danilo T. Dayag -- World Englishes or worlds of English? Pitfalls of a postcolonial discourse in Philippine English / T. Ruanni F. Tupas -- 'When I was a child I spake as a child' : reflecting on the limits of a nationalist language policy / D.V.S. Manarpaac -- Taglish, or the phantom power of the lingua franca / Vicente L. Rafael -- Linguistic diversity and English in the Philippines / Curtis D. McFarland -- A lectal description of the phonological features of Philippine English / Ma. Lourdes G. Tayao -- Lexicography and the description of Philippine English vocabulary / Kingsley Bolton and Susan Butler -- Investigating the grammatical features of Philippine English / Ma. Lourdes S. Bautista -- English in Philippine call centers and BPO operations : issues, opportunities, and research / Jane Lockwood, Gail Forey, and Helen



Price -- Colonial education and the shaping of Philippine literature in English / Isabel Pefianco Martin -- Negotiating language : postcolonialism and nationalism in Philippine literature in English / Lily Rost Tope -- 'This scene so fair' : Filipino English poetry, 1905-2005 / Gemino H. Abad -- The Philippine short story in English : an overview / Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo -- The Filipino novel in English / Caroline S. Hau -- Filipino diasporic literature / Alfred A. Yuson -- In conversation : Cebuano writers on Philippine literature and English / Simeon  Dumdum, Timothy Mo, and Resil Mojares -- Bibliographical resources for researching English in the Philippines / Ma. Lourdes S. Bautista.

Sommario/riassunto

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.