| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 405 pages) : illustrations, map. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Asian Englishes today
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Asian Englishes today.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-394) and index. |
| Contents |
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 / Gémino 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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
English language -- Philippines.
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English language. |
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Philippines. |
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English language -- Social aspects -- Philippines.
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English language -- Social aspects. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Aufsatzsammlung.
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| Added Author |
Bautista, Maria Lourdes S., editor.
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Bolton, Kingsley, 1947- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Philippine English. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 2008 9789622099470 (DLC) 2010291441 (OCoLC)263296237 |
| ISBN |
9789888052639 (electronic book) |
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9888052632 (electronic book) |
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9789622099470 |
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9622099475 |
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