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Linguistics [ top ]
Aspects of Focus in Isnag. Rodolfo Rosario Barlaan. 1999, 169 pp. $7.00
Looks at the focus system of Isnag from the viewpoints of grammar, semantics and pragmatics. A complete conversational text in Isnag is included as an appendix.
The Bidayuh Language: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Calvin R. Rensch, Carolyn M. Rensch, Jonas Noeb and Robert Sulis Ridu. 2006. xiv, 449 pp. $20.00
Part I: efforts to document and develop the Bidayuh language.
Part II: phonology of present-day Sarawak Bidayuh.
Part III: reconstruction of Proto Bidayuh.
Central Tagbanwa: A Philippine Language on the Brink of Extinction. 2003. Robert A. Scebold. (Linguistic Society of the Philippines Special Monograph Issue, 48). xiii, 168 pp., $7.00
A case study of an endangered language in the Philippines. Three chapters are devoted to the phonology, grammar, and lexicon of Central Tagbanwa. Several vernacular texts are also included.
Culture Contact and Language Convergence. A. Kemp Pallesen. 1985, 365 pp. $9.00
A study of these phenomena in the Tausug and Sama-Bajaw language communities.
Current Issues in Philippine Linguistics and Anthropology: Parangal kay Lawrence A. Reid. 2005. Edited by Hsiu-chuan Liao and Carl R. Galvez Rubino. xxxii, 435 pp. $17.00
A Festschrift in honor of Dr. Lawrence A. Reid, launched at the 10th International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics (10-ICAL), 17-20 January 2006, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, Philippines.
An Ergative Description of Sama Bangingi'. JoAnn Marie Gault. 1999, 90 pp. $6.00
The verbal system of Sama Bangingi' is analyzed both from the traditional viewpoint of focus orientation and from an ergative viewpoint.
A Grammar of Yakan. Sherri Brainard and Dietlinde Behrens. 2002. 221 pp. $10.00
The first detailed description of Yakan grammar. Companion volume to the Yakan-English Dictionary and Yakan Texts, also available from this outlet.
Ibatan: A Grammatical Sketch of the Language Babuyan Claro Island. Rundell D. Maree. 2007. xxviii, 410 pp. $13.00
A comprehensive and interesting coverage of all systems of the Ibatan language from a communicative point of view.
Language Use and Proficiency in a Multilingual Setting: a sociolinguistic survey of Agutaynen speakers in Palawan, Philippines. J. Stephen Quakenbush. 1989 (reprinted in 2000), 164 pp.
Based on fieldwork done in 1984-85, this book describes patterns of use and proficiency among Agutaynen speakers in several communities of Palawan province.
OUT OF PRINT. Available for download.
Localist Case Grammar and Philippine Verbs. Sherri Brainard, ed. 1998, 55 pp. $5.00
This book shows the application of a restricted version of localist case grammar to several Philippine languages (Karao, Limos Kalinga, Eastern Bontoc, Bantoanon, Romblomanon and Kagayanen).
Proto East Mindanao and Its Internal Relationships. Andrew F. Gallman. 1997, 285 pp. $15.00
A comparative reconstruction of eastern Mindanao languages.
Yakan Texts. Dietlinde Behrens. 2007. $10.00
Companion volume to Yakan-English Dictionary and A Grammar of Yakan, also available from this outlet.
Anthropology and Oral Literature [ top ]
A Voice From Many Rivers: Central Subanen Oral and Written Literature. Edgar Aleo and others. 2002. Translated and annotated by Felicia Brichoux. 417 pp. $12.00
Following in the vein of A Voice From the Hills, thirty contributors to A Voice From Many Rivers present over 130 items to portray life along the rivers of the Zamboanga peninsula.
A Voice From Mt. Apo: Oral and written essays on the culture and world view of the Manobo. Written and recounted by Manuel Arayam and others; Translated and annotated by Ena E. Vander Molen. 2005. xxiii, 275 pp. $12.00
The Obo Manobo language is spoken by a group of people by that name living on the north and west slopes of Mt. Apo on the boundary between Davao del Sur and Cotabato and several surrounding provinces of southwest Mindanao, Philippines. Inspired by A Voice From the Hills. Fourteen contributors make up a kaleidoscope of over forty items employing various genres of story, personal and traditional history, essay, poetry and song.
A Voice From the Hills: Essays on the Culture and World View of the Western Bukidnon Manobo People. Francisco Col-om Polenda. 1989. Translated and edited by Richard E. Elkins. 401 pp. $12.00
Originally published in 1989, A Voice From the Hills was granted the National Book Award by the Manila Critics Circle that same year. More than forty essays cover the topics of Life Cycle, Social Values, The Home, Livelihood, Politics and Peacekeeping, Getting Along with Gods and Spirits, and Leisure and Beauty. All texts are presented in both English and Western Bukidnon Manobo and one text is fully analyzed.
Current Issues in Philippine Linguistics and Anthropology: Parangal kay Lawrence A. Reid. 2005. Edited by Hsiu-chuan Liao and Carl R. Galvez Rubino. xxxii, 435 pp. $17.00
A Festschrift in honor of Dr. Lawrence A. Reid, Researcher Emeritus, Social Science Research Institute and Department of Linguistics, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, launched at the 10th International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics (10-ICAL), 17-20 January 2006, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, Philippines.
Good Character and Bad Character: The Manobo Storytelling Audience as Society's Jurors. Hazel J. Wrigglesworth & Pengendà Mengsenggilid. 1993, 238 pp. $10.00
From the oral literature repertoire of an outstanding Manobo raconteuse, the book presents narratives which function in the important role of transmitting highly-valued Manobo cultural goals and values. In addition to the establishing of cultural values for each succeeding generation, the narratives likewise function in establishing precedent in the settling of Manobo custom-law cases.
The Ibatan: A genealogy of the people of Babuyan Claro Island. Judith Y.M. Maree, comp. 2005. xlii, 807 pp. $32.00
The Maiden of Many Nations: The Skymaiden Who Married a Man from Earth. Hazel J. Wrigglesworth, ed. 1991, 321 pp. $10.00
In this volume the writer traces the world-famous swanmaiden motif as it is found in the oral narratives related by twenty-one diverse culture and language groups throughout the Philippines. Spanning a geographical area from Northern Luzon to the Zamboanga peninsula in the south, certain basic elements of the story retain striking similarities which the older generation of these oral tradition societies still includes in their ancestral roots.
The Song from the Mango Tree: A Manobo Raconteur Introduces His Repertoire of Oral Literature with a Favourite Trickster Narrative. Hazel J. Wrigglesworth, Ampatuan Ampalid. 2004. xi, 281 pp. $12.00
The Song from the Mango Tree presents a selection of five narratives from the oral narrative repertoire of Ilianen Manobo raconteur Ampatuan Ampalid. The narratives are in diglot form with English translations done directly from performances by the Manobo traditional storyteller in his own language. Comparative notes are provided, illuminating the oral literature classifications (according to Aarne & Thompson classification of world oral literature) and the diaspora of the narratives. Hazel Wrigglesworth is a linguistic researcher with the Summer Institute of Linguistics, Philippines, with more than thirty years experience in oral literature research.
What Place for Hunter-gatherers in Millennium Three? Thomas N. Headland and Doris L. Blood, eds. 2002. xxiii, 105 pp. $24.00
This book takes a hard look at the traumatic cultural changes that our planet's remaining hunter-gatherer societies experienced in the twentieth century. The nine authors in this volume all agree that the foraging way of life, humankind's most successful adaptation for many thousands of years, has come to a close with the end of the second millennium.
May also be purchased at SIL International Academic Bookstore
Dictionaries and Lexicography (see also under SIPL/SPLC) [ top ]
Batad Ifugao Dictionary with Ethnographic Notes. Leonard E. Newell & Francis Bon'og Poligon, comps. 1993, 744 pp. $30.00
Internationally acclaimed as a model of thoroughness in ethnographic dictionary-making. Useful companion to Handbook on Lexicography.
Handbook on Lexicography. Leonard E. Newell. 1995, 368 pp. $15.00
An exposition of sound lexicographical principles and procedures; with examples from Philippine languages. Dictionary entry examples are mostly taken from the Batad Ifugao Dictionary with Ethnographic Notes.
Manobo Dictionary: of Manobo as spoken in the Agusan river valley and the Diwata mountain range. Teofilo E. Gelacio, Jason K. L. Lee and Ronald L. Schumacher, comps. 2000. xii, 208 pp. $8.00
A dictionary of about 5,200 main entries (mostly root words) full of useful data for those wanting to learn about the Manobo language of Agusan and Surigao.
Also available as an online resource.
Mapun-English Dictionary. Millard A. Collins and Virginia R. Collins, comps., Sulfilix A. Hashim, Mapun language consultant. 2001, 703 pp. $15.00
Mapun is a Sama dialect spoken on the island of Cagayan de Tawi-tawi (or Mapun) as well as parts of Palawan and Malaysia. This dictionary of over 5000 entries is primarily for the Mapun people, but it is full of useful data for those wanting to learn about the Mapun language.
A Masbatenyo-English Dictionary. Elmer P. Wolfenden. 2001, xi, 736 pp. $20.00
Masbatenyo is a Visayan language spoken by more that 600,000 speakers, primarily in the province of Masbate. This dictionary was compiled with the help of Miriam V. Barlet and Felixberto V. Granado, Jr., speakers of the language. It contains approximately 5,000 main entries, 4,000 sub-entries and 1,000 minor entries plus a phonological description of the sound system of the language, a description of the grammatical structure and an English-Masbatenyo index of the entries.
Papers from the First Asia International Lexicography Conference. Bonifacio Sibayan & Leonard E. Newell, eds. 1994, 328 pp. $10.00.
Romblomanon Dictionary. Leonard E. Newell and Emilia Tarbardilla, comps. 2006. xviii, 853 pp. $30.00
The Romblomanon Dictionary is based on natural texts to provide a description of words within phrases, sentences and culture. It is a technical dictionary designed especially for foreigners who wish to learn Romblomanon and work within the language. For native speakers, in addition to its usefulness as a dictionary, it also provides a sample of the English language as it relates to the Romblomanon language and culture.
Tausug-English Dictionary: Kabtangan Iban Maana. Irene U. Hassan, Seymour A. Ashley & Mary L. Ashley, comps. 1994. 2nd ed. xi, 688pp.
The second edition of a major dictionary for a large language group and language of wider communication in the southern Philippines.
$20.00
Tboli-English Dictionary. Silin A. Awed, Lillian B. Underwood, Vivian M. Van Wynen, comps. 2004. xv, 720 pp. $25.00
Yakan-English Dictionary. Dietlinde Behrens, compiler. 2002. 610 pp. $30.00
Yakan belongs to the Sama-Badjaw subgroup of the Malayo-Polynesian family of Austronesian languages and is spoken by people of the same name who live on Basilan Island as well as on some smaller surrounding islands. With over 5500 entries, over 600 subentries, 157 tables in the body, plus 33 appendices, this dictionary contains a wealth of data collected over a 30 year period. A companion volume to A Grammar of Yakan and Yakan Texts, also available from this outlet.
Bibliographies [ top ]
A Bibliography of Philippine Linguistics. Rex E. Johnson, comp. 1996 xiii, 355 pp. $15.00
This bibliography is a compilation of several previous bibliographies of Philippine linguistic works. It also includes new works up to 1991. The book reveals the long history of linguistic work in the Philippines, with entries from as early as 1668. The works are listed alphabetically by first author, and also indexed by language, language family and topic.
Bibliography of the Summer Institute of Linguistics Philippines 1953-2003, 4th ed. 2003. Rex E. Johnson, Grace O. Tan, and Cynthia Goshert, comps. Manila: SIL. xliii, 349pp. $7.00
This fourth edition of the Bibliography represents the scholarly and educational production of SIL Philippines from its beginning in 1953 until October 2002-over 3,300 entries relating to 94 languages. It is primarily a listing of works by SIL members. However, works by Filipinos who have worked closely with SIL are also included as well as works by other non-members of SIL that were published by SIL Philippines.
Indigenous Groups of Sabah: An Annotated Bibliography of Linguistic and Anthropological sources (2 vol set). 2006. Hans J.B. Combrink, Craig Soderberg, Michael E. Boutin and Alanna Y. Boutin (comps). Pt 1, 299 pp; Pt 2, 309 pp. $23.00 for 2-volume set.
A two-volume annotated bibliography providing information about the availability of resources on the languages and peoples of Sabah. Part 1: Authors. Part 2: Ethnic Group, Topic; includes entries up to the year 2000.
Language & Culture [ top ]
Studies in Philippine Languages and Cultures (SPLC) combines two former publications titled Studies in Philippine Linguistics (SIPL) and the SIPL Supplementary Series: Philippine Texts.
SPLC (an irregularly published journal) is a joint venture undertaken by the Linguistic Society of the Philippines and the Summer Institute of Linguistics devoted to the timely publication of papers of an empirical or theoretical nature which contribute to the study of language and communicative behavior in the Philippines. A certain proportion of the papers published will be penultimate versions of works of special interest to the Philippine linguistic community destined for further publication in more final form elsewhere.
Scholars engaged in the study and description of Philippine languages and cultures are invited to submit contributions for inclusion in this series. Contact: Academic Publications
Studies in Philippine Languages and Cultures (SPLC) [ top ]
Studies in Philippine Languages and Cultures
Volume 14 2005, xii, 200 pp. $8.00
Lauretta J. DuBois and Carl D. DuBois, compilers.
Tagabawa Texts: a collection of seventeen texts in Tagabawa, a language in the subgroup of Manobo languages of the southern Philippines.
Studies in Philippine Languages and Cultures
Volume 13 2003, vi, 147 pp. $8.00
Sherri Brainard, comp.
Karao Texts: a collection of fifteen texts in Karao, a Southern Cordilleran language of the Northern Philippines.
Studies in Philippine Languages and Cultures
Volume 12 No.1 2001, 69 pp. $8.00 CONTENTS
This is a collection of three articles, hortatory discourse in Northern Subanen, demonstratives in Sama Bangingi', and basic verbs and clause structures in Sinama (Tawi-tawi).
Studies in Philippine Languages and Cultures
Volume 11 No. 1 1999 115 pp. $8.00 CONTENTS
Studies in Agutaynen. Studies in Agutaynen, a Palawano language, is divided in two parts. Part 1 is a collection of 12 texts in interlinear format, with cultural notes. Part 2 is an article on adoption.
Studies in Philippine Languages and Cultures
Volume 10 No. 2 1999, 115 pp. $8.00 CONTENTS
Studies in Kagayanen. With this issue of Studies in Kagayanen (a member of the Northern Manobo subgroup of Southern Philippine language family), the scope of this journal is expanded to include cultural as well as linguistic studies.
Studies in Philippine Linguistics (SIPL) [ top ]
The articles in out-of-print issues of SIPL are gradually being added to this web site as downloads. The downloads page is arranged by language.
Studies in Philippine Linguistics
Volume 10 No. 1 1997, 116 pp. $3.00 CONTENTS
A Discourse-oriented Grammar of Eastern Bontoc Takashi Fukuda.
Studies in Philippine Linguistics
Volume 9 No. 2 1992, 210 pp. $3.00 CONTENTS
Binukid Dictionary. Ursula Post & Mary Jane Gardner, comps.
Studies in Philippine Linguistics
Volume 9 No. 1 1992, 178 pp. $3.00 CONTENTS
Assorted aspects of Tboli, Bantoanon, Aklanon & Eastern Bontoc.
Studies in Philippine Linguistics
Volume 8 No. 2 1991, 204 pp. $3.00 CONTENTS
Discourse Approaches to Cohesion (Central Bontoc). Keith Laurence Benn.
Studies in Philippine Linguistics
Volume 8 No. 1 1990, 149 pp. $3.00 CONTENTS
Assorted aspects of Limos Kalinga, Tagabawa, Aklanon, Kapampangan & Eastern Kadazan.
Studies in Philippine Linguistics
Volume 7 No. 2 1989, 210 pp. CONTENTS
A Composite Dictionary of Philippine Creole Spanish (PCS).
Sister Maria Isabelita O. Riego de Dios.
OUT OF PRINT. Available for download as individual articles.
Studies in Philippine Linguistics
Volume 7 No. 1 1988, 194 pp. CONTENTS
Papers on Cotabato Manobo (grammatical & ethnographical).
OUT OF PRINT. Available for download as individual articles.
Studies in Philippine Linguistics
Volume 6 No. 2 1986, 223 pp. CONTENTS
Articles relating to survey, and reconstruction of Proto-Southern Mindanaon.
OUT OF PRINT. Available for download as individual articles.
Studies in Philippine Linguistics
Volume 6 No. 1 1986, 220 pp. CONTENTS
Aspects of discourse in Kagan Kalagan, Agusan Manobo, Yakan & Sama Bangingi'.
OUT OF PRINT. Available for download as individual articles.
Studies in Philippine Linguistics
Volume 5 No. 2 1984, 248 pp. CONTENTS
The Elaboration of a Technical Lexicon of Filipino.
Alfonso O. Santiago.
OUT OF PRINT. Available for download as individual articles.
Studies in Philippine Linguistics
Volume 5 No. 1 1984 iv, 199 pp. CONTENTS
Aspects of discourse in languages of Mindanao and Sabah.
OUT OF PRINT. Available for download as individual articles.
Studies in Philippine Linguistics
Volume 4 No. 2  1983 iv, 167 pp. CONTENTS
Aspects of discourse in various Philippine languages (mostly from northern Luzon; also Tagbanwa).
OUT OF PRINT. Available for download as individual articles.
Studies in Philippine Linguistics
Volume 4 No. 1 1980, 143 pp. CONTENTS
Aspects of discourse in Western Bukidnon Manobo, Northern Kankanay, Kadaklan & Amganad Ifugao.
OUT OF PRINT. Available for download as individual articles.
Studies in Philippine Linguistics
Volume 3 No. 2  1979, 222 pp. CONTENTS
Aspects of C. Bontoc, N. Kankanay, Sibutu Sama, Cotabato Manobo, Kaagan Kalagan & Pangutaran Sama.
OUT OF PRINT. Available for download as individual articles.
Studies in Philippine Linguistics
Volume 3 No. 1 1979 CONTENTS
Casilda Edrial-Luzares and Austin Hale, series eds.
OUT OF PRINT. Available for download as individual articles.
Studies in Philippine Linguistics
Volume 2 No. 2 1978 Folktale texts CONTENTS
Casilda Edrial-Luzares and Austin Hale, series eds.
OUT OF PRINT. Available for download as individual articles.
Studies in Philippine Linguistics
Volume 2 No. 1 1978 CONTENTS
Casilda Edrial-Luzares and Austin Hale, series eds.
OUT OF PRINT. Available for download as individual articles.
Studies in Philippine Linguistics
Volume 1 No. 2 1977 CONTENTS
Casilda Edrial-Luzares and Austin Hale, series eds.
OUT OF PRINT. Available for download as individual articles.
Studies in Philippine Linguistics
Volume 1 No. 1 1977 CONTENTS
Casilda Edrial-Luzares and Austin Hale, series eds.
OUT OF PRINT. Available for download as individual articles.
Studies in Philippine Linguistics (SIPL) Supplementary Series
Studies in Philippine Linguistics Supplementary Series No. 1: Upper Tanudan Kalinga Texts. Sherri Brainard, comp. 1985, 128 pp.
$6.00 CONTENTS
Studies in Philippine Linguistics Supplementary Series No. 2: Central Cagayan Agta Texts. Roy Mayfield, comp. 1987, 127 pp.
$6.00 CONTENTS
Studies in Philippine Linguistics Supplementary Series No. 3: Dibabawon Manobo Texts. Jannette Forster and Myra Lou Barnard, comps. 1987, 131 pp.
$6.00 CONTENTS
Studies in Philippine Linguistics Supplementary Series No. 4: Guinaang Kalinga Texts. C. Richard Gieser, comp. 1987, 128 pp.
$6.00 CONTENTS
Studies in Philippine Linguistics Supplementary Series No. 5: Mamanwa Texts. Helen & Jeanne Miller, comps. 1991, 178 pp.
$6.00 CONTENTS
Miscellaneous [ top ]
Languages of the Southern Gateway. 1979 (reprinted in 1987 and 1989), 114 pp. $3.00
Pocket phrasebook in Chavacano, Sinama, Tausug, Yakan, Pilipino & English.
Philippine Journal of Linguistics 34:1 June 2003. Special Issue on the Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Summer Institute of Linguistics. Linguistic Society of the Philippines, 164 pp. $6.50
The nine articles in this special issue, opening with an essay on Philippine linguistics and SIL's contribution, illustrate the range of typical studies done by members of SIL, from descriptive and comparative lexical studies, to discourse analysis, and applied linguistics through literacy studies.
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