Achieving local color: The use of native expressions in Philippine short stories in English written by Filipino male writers

College

Br. Andrew Gonzalez FSC College of Education

Document Type

Archival Material/Manuscript

Publication Date

2007

Abstract

This study dealt with the analysis of the linguistics structures and functions of native expressions, or non-English lexicons, in 36 Philippine stories written in English. The primary focus of the study was the stylistic designs used by Filipino writers in incorporating native expressions in their stories. The type of language, classification of function and technique of usage were the points of analyses for this study. Results indicate that the native expressions were mostly in Spanish, that the terms dominantly belong in agriculture, food and kinship categories and that contextualization was the principal manner by which writers use these native expressions.

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Disciplines

English Language and Literature | South and Southeast Asian Languages and Societies

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Undated; Publication/creation date supplied

Keywords

Philippine languages—Idioms; Philippine literature (English); Short stories, Philippine (English); Authors, Filipino

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