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Filipino English and Taglish : language switching from multiple perspectives /

English competes with Tagalog and Taglish, a mixture of English and Tagalog, for the affections of Filipinos. To understand the competing ideologies that underlie this switching between languages, this book looks at the language situation from multiple perspectives. Part A reviews the social and pol...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Thompson, Roger M.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©2003.
Collection:Varieties of English around the world. General series ; v. 31.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Filipino English and Taglish; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Introduction; Part A Taglish in the life cycle of English in the Philippines; Chapter 2 English comes to the Philippines, 1898-1935; Chapter 3 Nationalism and the rise of Tagalog, 1936-1973; Chapter 4 Bilingual education and the rise of Taglish, 1974-1998; Chapter 5 The Spanish overlay; Part B Social support for English after 100 years; Chapter 6 English teachers and the media in Metro Manila and the Visayas.