An overview and analysis of the role of English in the Philippines, the factors that led to its spread and retention, and the characteristics of Philippine English today.

Tagalog collection.

Philippine English: linguistic and literary perspectives / Kingsley Bolton and Ma. Lourdes S. Bautista -- A favorable climate and soil: a transplanted language and literature / Andrew Gonzalez -- English in Philippine education : solution or problem? / Allan B.I. Bernardo -- English-language media in the Philippines : description and research / Danilo T. Dayag -- World Englishes or worlds of English? Pitfalls of a postcolonial discourse in Philippine English / T. Ruanni F. Tupas -- 'When I was a child I spake as a child' : reflecting on the limits of a nationalist language policy / D.V.S. Manarpaac -- Taglish, or the phantom power of the lingua franca / Vicente L. Rafael -- Linguistic diversity and English in the Philippines / Curtis D. McFarland -- A lectal description of the phonological features of Philippine English / Ma. Lourdes G. Tayao -- Lexicography and the description of Philippine English vocabulary / Kingsley Bolton and Susan Butler -- Investigating the grammatical features of Philippine English / Ma. Lourdes S. Bautista -- English in Philippine call centers and BPO operations : issues, opportunities, and research / Jane Lockwood, Gail Forey, and Helen Price -- Colonial education and the shaping of Philippine literature in English / Isabel Pefianco Martin -- Negotiating language : postcolonialism and nationalism in Philippine literature in English / Lily Rost Tope -- 'This scene so fair' : Filipino English poetry, 1905-2005 / Gémino H. Abad -- The Philippine short story in English : an overview / Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo -- The Filipino novel in English / Caroline S. Hau -- Filipino diasporic literature / Alfred A. Yuson -- In conversation: Cebuano writers on Philippine literature and English / Simeon Dumdum, Timothy Mo, and Resil Mojares -- Bibliographical resources for researching English in the Philippines / Ma. Lourdes S. Bautista.