The evolving study of Philippine English phonology

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2268819
AutoresMa Lourdes G Tayao (University of the East, autor correspondente)
Ano2004
Volume23
Fascículo1
Páginas77-90
Data de publicação2004-02-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoWorld Englishes (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0883-2919 • E-ISSN: 1467-971X
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-971x.2004.00336.x
OpenAlexW2010812881
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas17
Referências citadas3

This paper describes the evolution of studies of Philippine English phonology over more than three decades, and then goes on to discuss the results of a recent data-based study of the Philippine English accent which, following Llamzon (1997), groups representative speakers of Philippine English into three groups: an acrolect group, a mesolect group, and a basilect group. The results of this research provide a description of distinctive phonological features at the three levels, shared in and between speakers of such groups. Finally the paper concludes by suggesting a number of possible directions for future research, suggesting that future studies of Philippine English phonology will be concerned not so much with making statements about a 'standard' Philippine pronunciation, but rather with describing descriptions of a range of accents, differentiated both according to geography (and first language background) and according to social-group membership

Linguistics · Phonology · Pronunciation · Sociology · Standard English · Stress (linguistics · Varieties of English · History · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy