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5 days ago · 1 INTRODUCTION. Early literature on ‘Philippine English’ had the tendency to characterize English as a static, monolithic and homogenous entity.1 While this ‘essentialist’ portrayal might have been strategically intentional in the past (Bucholtz, 2003; Spivak, 1995), perhaps to promote awareness of a local variety of English in a time when English was widely regarded as a foreign ...
1 day ago · English became common and is now an official language with Filipino. This period also sparked nationalism and a Filipino identity. Leaders like Manuel L. Quezon, the first President, helped shape the country. They fought for independence. Today, we still see the effects of Spanish and American rule in the Philippines.
5 days ago · The Philippines takes its name from Philip II, who was king of Spain during the Spanish colonization of the islands in the 16th century. Because it was under Spanish rule for 333 years and under U.S. tutelage for a further 48 years, the Philippines has many cultural affinities with the West.
3 days ago · History of the Philippines. Timeline. Prehistoric period (pre-900) Precolonial period (900–1565) Spanish colonial period (1565–1898) American colonial period (1898–1946) Post-independence (1946–1965) Marcos era (1965–1986) Contemporary period (1986–present) By topic. Philippines portal. v. t. e.
23 hours ago · It is also an official language of India, the Philippines, Singapore, and many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, including South Africa. English is the first choice of foreign language in most other countries of the world, and it is that status that has given it the position of a global lingua franca.
- The English language is an Indo-European language in the West Germanic language group. Modern English is widely considered to be the lingua franca...
- As of 2020 there are 1.27 billion English speakers around the world. This makes it the most spoken language, ahead of Mandarin Chinese (1.12 billio...
- There has been much public and academic debate on whether African American Vernacular English (AAVE) is a dialect of English or its own separate la...
- Having emerged from the dialects and vocabulary of Germanic peoples—Angles, Saxons, and Jutes—who settled in Britain in the 5th century CE, English...
- English is not the official language of the United States of America. The country does not have an official language on the federal level. Many sta...
23 hours ago · Rereading history from online sources. By: Ambeth R. Ocampo - @inquirerdotnet. Philippine Daily Inquirer / 04:20 AM May 29, 2024. While the Philippine flag was officially introduced to the Filipino people on June 12, 1898, when the declaration of independence was read from a window of Emilio Aguinaldo’s Kawit home, this flag was first ...
4 days ago · The Philippine media landscape is product of and subject to a stormy history that is characterized by recurring patterns: attempts of intimidation - let it be during Spanish or American colonialization, Japanese occupation or by Marcos’ martial law - and the media’s resilience, reflected in relentless, anti-establishment and often clandestine re...
