Filipino English and Taglish : language switching from multiple perspectives / Roger M. Thompson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thompson, Roger M.

Series:

Varieties of English around the world. General series ; v. 31.

Varieties of English around the world, 0172-7362. General series ; v. 31

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Philippines.

English language.

English language--Foreign elements--Tagalog.

Tagalog language--Influence on English.

Tagalog language.

Bilingualism--Philippines.

Bilingualism.

Philippines--Languages.

Philippines.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (302 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 political forces that have propelled English through its life cycle in the Philippines from the 1898 arrival of Admiral Dewey to the 1998 election of Joseph Estrada. Part B looks at the social support for English in Metro Manila and the provinces with a focus on English teachers and their personal and public use of English. Part C examines the language of television sport broadcasts, commercials, interviews, sitcoms, and movies, and the language of newspapers from various linguistic, sociolinguistic, and sociocultural perspectives. The results put into perspective the short-lived language revolution that took place at the turn of the twenty-first century.

Contents:

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

Chapter 7 English teachers and interpersonal relations in Metro Manila and the Visayas

Chapter 8 English in northern Luzon and Mindanao

Part C Modeling English to the masses

Chapter 9 The linguistics of language switching in basketball commentary

Chapter 10 Commercials as language teachers

Chapter 11 Marketing messages through language switching in television commercials

Chapter 12 Putting on a public face in TV interviews

Chapter 13 The language of social resistance in movies and sitcoms

Chapter 14 The language face off in the newspapers

Chapter 15 Afterword

References

Index

Index of commercials

The series VARIETIES OF ENGLISH AROUND THE WORLD.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. p. [267]-277) and index.

ISBN:

9786612160851

9781282160859

1282160850

9789027296078

9027296073

OCLC:

55664355