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Contents: [ Linguistics ] [ Anthropology ] [ Dictionaries ] [ Bibliographies ]  [ Language & Culture ] [ Miscellaneous ] The following titles may be ordered from: Academic Publications Summer Institute of Linguistics PO Box 2270 CPO 1099 Manila Philippines E-mail: info_philippines@sil.org            BOOK ORDER FORM Phone: (Int'l) 63-2-722 6186 (Local) 02-722-6186 Fax: 63-2-726-2012 Office hours: 00:30 to 08:00 UTC, Philippine local time: 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM Further information: **Indicate the number of copies, the name and the address where the    books will be mailed. **Please state if payment will be made in US dollars or Philippine pesos.    (Prices in Philippine pesos available on request.) **Sorry, we do not yet have credit card payment facilities. **An invoice giving the total of book prices, shipping and handling    charges will be airmailed or e-mailed separately from the book shipment. **Unless otherwise requested, books are shipped airmail. Along with the electronic and online publications found elsewhere on this web site, we offer here data-rich resources on indigenous languages of the Philippines, some of which have little or no other documentation.

Linguistics    [ top ] Aspects of Focus in Isnag. Rodolfo Rosario Barlaan. 1999, 169 pp. $7.00 Looks at the focus system of Isnag from the viewpoints of grammar, semantics and pragmatics. A complete conversational text in Isnag is included as an appendix. The Bidayuh Language: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Calvin R. Rensch, Carolyn M. Rensch, Jonas Noeb and Robert Sulis Ridu. 2006. xiv, 449 pp. $20.00 Part I: efforts to document and develop the Bidayuh language. Part II: phonology of present-day Sarawak Bidayuh. Part III: reconstruction of Proto Bidayuh. Central Tagbanwa: A Philippine Language on the Brink of Extinction. 2003. Robert A. Scebold. (Linguistic Society of the Philippines Special Monograph Issue, 48). xiii, 168 pp.,  $7.00 A case study of an endangered language in the Philippines. Three chapters are devoted to the phonology, grammar, and lexicon of Central Tagbanwa. Several vernacular texts are also included. Culture Contact and Language Convergence. A. Kemp Pallesen. 1985, 365 pp. $9.00 A study of these phenomena in the Tausug and Sama-Bajaw language communities. 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. $17.00 A Festschrift in honor of Dr. Lawrence A. Reid, launched at the 10th International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics (10-ICAL), 17-20 January 2006, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, Philippines. An Ergative Description of Sama Bangingi'. JoAnn Marie Gault. 1999, 90 pp. $6.00 The verbal system of Sama Bangingi' is analyzed both from the traditional viewpoint of focus orientation and from an ergative viewpoint. A Grammar of Yakan. Sherri Brainard and Dietlinde Behrens. 2002. 221 pp. $10.00 Companion volume to the Yakan-English Dictionary and Yakan Texts, also available from this outlet. Ibatan: A Grammatical Sketch of the Language Babuyan Claro Island. Rundell D. Maree. 2007. xxviii, 410 pp. $13.00 A comprehensive and interesting coverage of all systems of the Ibatan language from a communicative point of view. Language Use and Proficiency in a Multilingual Setting: a sociolinguistic survey of Agutaynen speakers in Palawan, Philippines. J. Stephen Quakenbush. 1989 (reprinted in 2000), 164 pp. Based on fieldwork done in 1984-85, this book describes patterns of use and proficiency among Agutaynen speakers in several communities of Palawan province. OUT OF PRINT. Available for download. Localist Case Grammar and Philippine Verbs. Sherri Brainard, ed. 1998, 55 pp. $5.00 This book shows the application of a restricted version of localist case grammar to several Philippine languages (Karao, Limos Kalinga, Eastern Bontoc, Bantoanon, Romblomanon and Kagayanen). Proto East Mindanao and Its Internal Relationships. Andrew F. Gallman. 1997, 285 pp. $15.00 A comparative reconstruction of eastern Mindanao languages. Yakan Texts. Dietlinde Behrens. 2007. $10.00 Companion volume to Yakan-English Dictionary and A Grammar of Yakan, also available from this outlet. Anthropology and Oral Literature    [ top ] A Voice From Many Rivers: Central Subanen Oral and Written Literature. Edgar Aleo and others. 2002. Translated and annotated by Felicia Brichoux. 417 pp. $12.00 Following in the vein of A Voice From the Hills, thirty contributors to A Voice From Many Rivers present over 130 items to portray life along the rivers of the Zamboanga peninsula. 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. $12.00 Inspired by A Voice From the Hills. Essays from fourteen Obo Manobo contributors make up a kaleidoscope of over forty items employing various genres of story, personal and traditional history, essay, poetry and song. A Voice From the Hills: Essays on the Culture and World View of the Western Bukidnon Manobo People. Francisco Col-om Polenda. 1989. Translated and edited by Richard E. Elkins. 401 pp. $12.00 A Voice From the Hills was granted the National Book Award by the Manila Critics Circle in 1989. More than forty essays cover the topics of Life Cycle, Social Values, The Home, Livelihood, Politics and Peacekeeping, Getting Along with Gods and Spirits, and Leisure and Beauty. 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. $17.00 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, launched at the 10th International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics (10-ICAL), 17-20 January 2006, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, Philippines. Good Character and Bad Character: The Manobo Storytelling Audience as Society's Jurors. Hazel J. Wrigglesworth & Pengendà Mengsenggilid. 1993, 238 pp. $10.00 From the oral literature repertoire of an outstanding Manobo raconteuse, the book presents narratives which function in the important role of transmitting highly-valued Manobo cultural goals and values. In addition to the establishing of cultural values for each succeeding generation, the narratives likewise function in establishing precedent in the settling of Manobo custom-law cases. The Ibatan: A genealogy of the people of Babuyan Claro Island. Judith Y.M. Maree, comp. 2005. xlii, 807 pp.  $32.00 The Maiden of Many Nations: The Skymaiden Who Married a Man from Earth. Hazel J. Wrigglesworth, ed. 1991, 321 pp. $10.00 In this volume the writer traces the world-famous swanmaiden motif as it is found in the oral narratives related by twenty-one diverse culture and language groups throughout the Philippines. Spanning a geographical area from Northern Luzon to the Zamboanga peninsula in the south, certain basic elements of the story retain striking similarities which the older generation of these oral tradition societies still includes in their ancestral roots. 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. 2004. xi, 281 pp. $12.00 A selection of five narratives in diglot form from the oral narrative repertoire of Ilianen Manobo raconteur Ampatuan Ampalid. What Place for Hunter-gatherers in Millennium Three? Thomas N. Headland and Doris L. Blood, eds. 2002. xxiii, 105 pp. $24.00 This book takes a hard look at the traumatic cultural changes that our planet's remaining hunter-gatherer societies experienced in the twentieth century. The nine authors in this volume all agree that the foraging way of life, humankind's most successful adaptation for many thousands of years, has come to a close with the end of the second millennium. May also be purchased at SIL International Academic Bookstore Dictionaries and Lexicography (see also under SIPL/SPLC)    [ top ] Batad Ifugao Dictionary with Ethnographic Notes. Leonard E. Newell & Francis Bon'og Poligon, comps. 1993, 744 pp. $30.00 Internationally acclaimed as a model of thoroughness in ethnographic dictionary-making. Useful companion to Handbook on Lexicography. Handbook on Lexicography. Leonard E. Newell. 1995, 368 pp. $15.00 An exposition of sound lexicographical principles and procedures; with examples from Philippine languages. Dictionary entry examples are mostly taken from the Batad Ifugao Dictionary with Ethnographic Notes. Manobo Dictionary: of Manobo as spoken in the Agusan river valley and the Diwata mountain range. Teofilo E. Gelacio, Jason K. L. Lee and Ronald L. Schumacher, comps. 2000. xii, 208 pp. $8.00 Also available as an online resource. Mapun-English Dictionary. Millard A. Collins and Virginia R. Collins, comps., Sulfilix A. Hashim, Mapun language consultant. 2001, 703 pp. $15.00 Mapun is a Sama dialect spoken on the island of Cagayan de Tawi-tawi (or Mapun) as well as parts of Palawan and Malaysia. This dictionary of over 5000 entries is primarily for the Mapun people, but it is full of useful data for those wanting to learn about the Mapun language. A Masbatenyo-English Dictionary. Elmer P. Wolfenden. 2001, xi, 736 pp. $20.00 Papers from the First Asia International Lexicography Conference. Bonifacio Sibayan & Leonard E. Newell, eds. 1994, 328 pp. $10.00. Romblomanon Dictionary. Leonard E. Newell and Emilia Tarbardilla, comps. 2006. xviii, 853 pp. $30.00 Tausug-English Dictionary: Kabtangan Iban Maana. Irene U. Hassan, Seymour A. Ashley & Mary L. Ashley, comps. 1994. 2nd ed. xi, 688 pp. $20.00 Tboli-English Dictionary. Silin A. Awed, Lillian B. Underwood, Vivian M. Van Wynen, comps. 2004. xv, 720 pp. $25.00 Yakan-English Dictionary. Dietlinde Behrens, compiler. 2002. 610 pp. $30.00 Companion volume to A Grammar of Yakan and Yakan Texts, also available from this outlet. Bibliographies    [ top ] A Bibliography of Philippine Linguistics. Rex E. Johnson, comp. 1996 xiii, 355 pp. $15.00 This bibliography is a compilation of several previous bibliographies of Philippine linguistic works. It also includes new works up to 1991. The book reveals the long history of linguistic work in the Philippines, with entries from as early as 1668. The works are listed alphabetically by first author, and also indexed by language, language family and topic. Bibliography of the Summer Institute of Linguistics Philippines 1953-2003, 4th ed. 2003. Rex E. Johnson, Grace O. Tan, and Cynthia Goshert, comps. Manila: SIL. xliii, 349pp. $7.00 Indigenous Groups of Sabah: An Annotated Bibliography of Linguistic and Anthropological sources (2 vol set). 2006. Hans J.B. Combrink, Craig Soderberg, Michael E. Boutin and Alanna Y. Boutin (comps). Pt 1, 299 pp; Pt 2, 309 pp. $23.00 for 2-volume set. Language & Culture    [ top ] Studies in Philippine Languages and Cultures (SPLC) combines two former publications titled Studies in Philippine Linguistics (SIPL) and the SIPL Supplementary Series: Philippine Texts. SPLC (an irregularly published journal) is a joint venture undertaken by the Linguistic Society of the Philippines and the Summer Institute of Linguistics devoted to the timely publication of papers of an empirical or theoretical nature which contribute to the study of language and communicative behavior in the Philippines. A certain proportion of the papers published will be penultimate versions of works of special interest to the Philippine linguistic community destined for further publication in more final form elsewhere. Scholars engaged in the study and description of Philippine languages and cultures are invited to submit contributions for inclusion in this series. Contact: Academic Publications Studies in Philippine Languages and Cultures (SPLC)    [ top ] Studies in Philippine Languages and Cultures Volume 15    2007, 210 pp.  $8.00 10-ICAL Historical Comparative Papers from 10th International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, 17-20 January, 2006. Studies in Philippine Languages and Cultures Volume 14    2005, xii, 200 pp.  $8.00 Lauretta J. DuBois and Carl D. DuBois, compilers. Tagabawa Texts: a collection of seventeen texts in Tagabawa, a language in the subgroup of Manobo languages of the southern Philippines. Studies in Philippine Languages and Cultures Volume 13    2003, vi, 147 pp. $8.00 Sherri Brainard, comp. Karao Texts: a collection of fifteen texts in Karao, a Southern Cordilleran language of the Northern Philippines. Studies in Philippine Languages and Cultures Volume 12 No.1    2001, 69 pp. $8.00    CONTENTS This is a collection of three articles, hortatory discourse in Northern Subanen, demonstratives in Sama Bangingi', and basic verbs and clause structures in Sinama (Tawi-tawi). Studies in Philippine Languages and Cultures Volume 11 No. 1    1999 115 pp. $8.00    CONTENTS Studies in Agutaynen. Studies in Agutaynen, a Palawano language, is divided in two parts. Part 1 is a collection of 12 texts in interlinear format, with cultural notes. Part 2 is an article on adoption. OUT OF PRINT. Available for download as individual articles. Studies in Philippine Languages and Cultures Volume 10 No. 2    1999, 115 pp. $8.00    CONTENTS Studies in Kagayanen. With this issue of Studies in Kagayanen (a member of the Northern Manobo subgroup of Southern Philippine language family), the scope of this journal is expanded to include cultural as well as linguistic studies. OUT OF PRINT. Available for download as individual articles. Studies in Philippine Linguistics (SIPL)    [ top ] The articles in out-of-print issues of SIPL are gradually being added to this web site as downloads. The downloads page is arranged by language. Studies in Philippine Linguistics Volume 10 No. 1    1997, 116 pp. $3.00    CONTENTS A Discourse-oriented Grammar of Eastern Bontoc Takashi Fukuda. Also available for download as individual articles. Studies in Philippine Linguistics Volume 9 No. 2    1992, 210 pp. $3.00   CONTENTS Binukid Dictionary. Ursula Post & Mary Jane Gardner, comps. Also available for download as individual articles. Studies in Philippine Linguistics Volume 9 No. 1    1992, 178 pp. $3.00   CONTENTS Assorted aspects of Tboli, Bantoanon, Aklanon & Eastern Bontoc. Also available for download as individual articles. Studies in Philippine Linguistics Volume 8 No. 2    1991, 204 pp. $3.00   CONTENTS Discourse Approaches to Cohesion (Central Bontoc). Keith Laurence Benn. Also available for download as individual articles. Studies in Philippine Linguistics Volume 8 No. 1    1990, 149 pp. $3.00   CONTENTS Assorted aspects of Limos Kalinga, Tagabawa, Aklanon, Kapampangan & Eastern Kadazan. Also available for download as individual articles. Studies in Philippine Linguistics Volume 7 No. 2    1989, 210 pp. CONTENTS A Composite Dictionary of Philippine Creole Spanish (PCS). Sister Maria Isabelita O. Riego de Dios. OUT OF PRINT. Available for download as individual articles. Studies in Philippine Linguistics Volume 7 No. 1    1988, 194 pp.    CONTENTS Papers on Cotabato Manobo (grammatical & ethnographical). OUT OF PRINT. Available for download as individual articles. Studies in Philippine Linguistics Volume 6 No. 2    1986, 223 pp.     CONTENTS Articles relating to survey, and reconstruction of Proto-Southern Mindanaon. OUT OF PRINT. Available for download as individual articles. Studies in Philippine Linguistics Volume 6 No. 1    1986, 220 pp.    CONTENTS Aspects of discourse in Kagan Kalagan, Agusan Manobo, Yakan & Sama Bangingi'. OUT OF PRINT. Available for download as individual articles. Studies in Philippine Linguistics Volume 5 No. 2    1984, 248 pp. CONTENTS The Elaboration of a Technical Lexicon of Filipino. Alfonso O. Santiago. OUT OF PRINT. Available for download as individual articles. Studies in Philippine Linguistics Volume 5 No. 1    1984 iv, 199 pp. CONTENTS Aspects of discourse in languages of Mindanao and Sabah. OUT OF PRINT. Available for download as individual articles. Studies in Philippine Linguistics Volume 4 No. 2    1983 iv, 167 pp.    CONTENTS Aspects of discourse in various Philippine languages (mostly from northern Luzon; also Tagbanwa). OUT OF PRINT. Available for download as individual articles. Studies in Philippine Linguistics Volume 4 No. 1    1980, 143 pp.    CONTENTS Aspects of discourse in Western Bukidnon Manobo, Northern Kankanay, Kadaklan & Amganad Ifugao. OUT OF PRINT. Available for download as individual articles. Studies in Philippine Linguistics Volume 3 No. 2    1979, 222 pp.    CONTENTS Aspects of C. Bontoc, N. Kankanay, Sibutu Sama, Cotabato Manobo, Kaagan Kalagan & Pangutaran Sama. OUT OF PRINT. Available for download as individual articles. Studies in Philippine Linguistics Volume 3 No. 1    1979    CONTENTS Casilda Edrial-Luzares and Austin Hale, series eds. OUT OF PRINT. Available for download as individual articles. Studies in Philippine Linguistics Volume 2 No. 2    1978    Folktale texts    CONTENTS Casilda Edrial-Luzares and Austin Hale, series eds. OUT OF PRINT. Available for download as individual articles. Studies in Philippine Linguistics Volume 2 No. 1    1978    CONTENTS Casilda Edrial-Luzares and Austin Hale, series eds. OUT OF PRINT. Available for download as individual articles. Studies in Philippine Linguistics Volume 1 No. 2    1977    CONTENTS Casilda Edrial-Luzares and Austin Hale, series eds. OUT OF PRINT. Available for download as individual articles. Studies in Philippine Linguistics Volume 1 No. 1    1977    CONTENTS Casilda Edrial-Luzares and Austin Hale, series eds. OUT OF PRINT. Available for download as individual articles. Studies in Philippine Linguistics (SIPL) Supplementary Series Studies in Philippine Linguistics Supplementary Series No. 1: Upper Tanudan Kalinga Texts. Sherri Brainard, comp. 1985, 128 pp.  $6.00   CONTENTS Studies in Philippine Linguistics Supplementary Series No. 2: Central Cagayan Agta Texts. Roy Mayfield, comp. 1987, 127 pp.  $6.00   CONTENTS Studies in Philippine Linguistics Supplementary Series No. 3: Dibabawon Manobo Texts. Jannette Forster and Myra Lou Barnard, comps. 1987, 131 pp.  $6.00   CONTENTS Studies in Philippine Linguistics Supplementary Series No. 4: Guinaang Kalinga Texts. C. Richard Gieser, comp. 1987, 128 pp.  $6.00   CONTENTS Studies in Philippine Linguistics Supplementary Series No. 5: Mamanwa Texts. Helen & Jeanne Miller, comps. 1991, 178 pp.  $6.00   CONTENTS Miscellaneous    [ top ] Languages of the Southern Gateway. 1979 (reprinted in 1987 and 1989), 114 pp. $3.00 Pocket phrasebook in Chavacano, Sinama, Tausug, Yakan, Pilipino & English. Philippine Journal of Linguistics 34:1 June 2003. Special Issue on the Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Summer Institute of Linguistics. Linguistic Society of the Philippines, 164 pp. $6.50 The nine articles in this special issue, opening with an essay on Philippine linguistics and SIL's contribution, 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.

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