This paper presents the parallel development of Filipino as the national language and the primary medium of instruction in the Philippine education milieu, and the Department of Linguistics in the University of the Philippines Diliman, which was originally established in order to create a synthetic language from the different languages in the Philippines. The eventual emergence of the concept of Filipino as a ‘true’ language will be traced. Arguments for and against the existence of Filipino will be discussed, and then the role of UP...

Space is the integration of the physical and social realms. The existence of the physical space is driven by the function assigned to it by the society. This phenomenon has been observed recently in the impending changes on Hambil, or Carabao Island, one of the islands of Romblon situated at the south of Tablas Island and north of Boracay Island. Carabao Island has attributes that can be considered "natural" to the area. The tourism department of the country has recently declared Hambil as the next Boracay, given the potential destinations. Recent developments on the island and its...

Prosodic properties are features of human speech sound that can be assigned to units larger than a segment like syllables and phrases. Earlier studies have established that not all components of the speech signal are perceived to be distinctive by speaker-hearers. It is not enough therefore to establish the acoustic correlates of “stress” if the same cannot be so identified through simple hearing. This study aims to establish by experiment and statistical methods the relative contribution of “stress” variables (pitch, length, and intensity) in distinguishing one...