Author: BAUTISTA, Maria Lourdes S.
Title: The Filipino Bilingual's Competence: A Model Based on an Analysis of Tagalog-English Code Switching.
Description: Australian National University Press, 1980. Hardcover. 4to. Condition vg in dj. Part of the Pacific Linguistics Series C - No. 59. Scarce. Out of print. Describes "...in detail 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". 386pp.

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