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What's New at SIL Philippines

Forthcoming

* Narrative Episodes from the Tulalang Epic

* Role Relationships and Lexical Descriptions
   Applied to Batad Ifugao

* SPLC 15-19: 10-ICAL selected papers

* Piakandatu ami Dr. Howard P. McKaughan:
   a volume-in-progress



New: The Lubuagan Mother Tongue Education Experiment (FLC): A Report of Comparative Test Results


New Downloads available for Mansaka.


New: Two titles from Malaysia: The Bidayuh Language and Indigenous Groups of Sabah: An Annotated Bibliography

2007


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Ibatan: A Grammatical Sketch of the Language Babuyan Claro Island

This descriptive grammar is a comprehensive and interesting coverage of all systems of the language from a communicative point of view.


Yakan Texts

Companion volume to Yakan-English Dictionary and A Grammar of Yakan, also available from this outlet.



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2006


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The Bidayuh Language: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

Calvin R. Rensch, Carolyn M. Rensch, Jonas Noeb and Robert Sulis Ridu. xiv, 449 pp.

Part I: efforts to document and develop the Bidayuh language.
Part II: phonology of present-day Sarawak Bidayuh.
Part III: reconstruction of Proto Bidayuh.


Indigenous Groups of Sabah: An Annotated Bibliography of Linguistic and Anthropological Sources



Compiled by Hans J.B. Combrink, Craig Soderberg, Michael E. Boutin and Alanna Y. Boutin. Pt 1, 299pp; Pt 2, 309 pp.

A two-volume annotated bibliography providing information about the availability of resources on the languages and peoples of Sabah.





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Romblomanon Dictionary

Compiled by Leonard E. Newell and Emilia Tarbardilla . xviii, 853 pp.
Based on natural texts to provide a description of words within phrases, sentences and culture; a technical dictionary designed especially for foreigners who wish to learn Romblomanon and work within the language.


10th International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics 17-20 January 2006
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2005

The Ibatan: A genealogy of the people of Babuyan Claro Island



Complied by Judith Y.M. Maree. xlii, 807.




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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.
This is 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.


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.
Inspired by A Voice From the Hills, fourteen Obo Manobo contributors present over forty items presenting a kaleidoscope of life on the slopes of Mt. Apo.


A Voice From Mt Apo: Oral and written essays on the culture and world view of the Manobo

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Studies in Philippine Languages and Cultures Vol. 14: Tagabawa Texts

Lauretta J. DuBois and Carl D. DuBois, compilers. 2005. Tagabawa texts. xii, 200 pp.
Seventeen fully analyzed Tagabawa texts with cultural notes.


2004

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. xi, 281 pp

A selection of five Manobo-English diglot narratives with cultural notes from the oral narrative repertoire of Ilianen Manobo raconteur Ampatuan Ampalid. Oral literature classifications based on Aarne-Thompson Type-Index, the Thompson Motif-Index, and the Kirtley Motif-Index are provided.


The Song from the Mango Tree: A Manobo Raconteur Introduces His Repertoire of Oral Literature with a Favorite Trickster Narrative

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2003

SIL Philippines honored by the PAARL Library Award

Philippine Journal of Linguistics 34:1 June 2003

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Philippine Journal of Linguistics 34:1 June 2003

Special Issue on the Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Summer Institute of Linguistics. 164 pp.

Nine articles 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.


Central Tagbanwa: A Philippine Language on the Brink of Extinction; Sociolinguistics, Lexicon, Grammar

Robert A. Scebold. 2003. xiii, pp . 168, map. A case study of an endangered language in the Philippines including chapters on the phonology, grammar, and lexicon of Central Tagbanwa, and including vernacular texts.


Central Tagbanwa: A Philippine Language on the Brink of Extinction; Sociolinguistics, Lexicon, Grammar

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Studies in Philippine Languages and Cultures Vol. 13: Karao Texts

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Studies in Philippine Languages
and Cultures Vol. 13: Karao Texts


Sherri Brainard, compiler. 2003. vi, 147 pp. Fifteen fully analyzed Karao texts.


SIL Bibliography 1953-2003

Bibliography of the Summer Institute of Linguistics Philippines 1953-2003
Rex A. Johnson, Grace O. Tan, and Cynthia Goshert, compilers. 2003. 4th ed. xiii, 349 pp. Lists over 3,300 items relating to work in 94 languages.


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Recent Academic Publications

Listing of works done by SIL field personnel about the Philippines that have been most recently published. The publications are listed alphabetically by author.

Recent Vernacular Publications

Listing of the vernacular works done by SIL field personnel in the Philippines that have been most recently published. The publications are listed alphabetically by language.




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