Author(s): Maria Lourdes S. Bautista

Linguistics

Pacific Linguistics Series C - No. 59.
Describes the 'linguistic patterns of Tagalog-English switching, starting at the loanword level and moving on to bigger constructions. The surface description is then restated as phase structure and transformational rules within the tranformational-generative framework. Finally, a model is proposed to represent the Filipino's linguistic competence"

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