Ilocano dictionary and grammar : Ilocano-English, English-Ilocano / Carl Ralph Galvez Rubino.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rubino, Carl R. Galvez.

Series:

PALI language texts. Philippines

PALI language texts

Language:

English

Iloko

Subjects (All):

Iloko language--Dictionaries--English.

Iloko language.

English language--Dictionaries--Iloko.

English language.

Iloko language--Grammar.

Genre:

Dictionaries.

Physical Description:

lxxxv, 775 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, [2000]

Summary:

This root based dictionary of the Ilocano language is the most comprehensive dictionary produced of Ilocano (Iloko), the lingua franca of Northern Luzon, and historically the native language of the majority of Filipino immigrants to the United States.

Contents:

The Pre-Hispanic Syllabary xv

Phonology and Pronunciation xxiii

1. The Consonants xxiii

2. The Vowels xxvii

3. Consonant Gemination xxxiv

4. Glottal Stop xxxv

5. Morphophonemics (Phonological Changes Due to Affixation) xxxvii

6. Syllabification xxxviii

Grammar Outline xli

1. Pronouns xli

2. Nouns xlv

3. Articles and Demonstratives lii

4. Adjectives liv

5. Numbers lvii

6. Verbs lx

7. Adverbs and Particles lxxii

8. Existentials and Locatives lxxv

9. Conjunctions and Subordinators lxxvi

10. Interrogatives lxxvii

11. Negation lxxix

12. The Ligature (ng)a lxxx

13. Clause Combining lxxxi

Grammatical Charts 755

Traditional Ilocano Songs 762.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [773]-775).

ISBN:

0824820886

OCLC:

43286673