Perspectives on Philippine Languages
Five Centuries of European Scholarship
Ateneo De Manila, Ateneo De Manila Univ Press
The first comprehensive history of European studies on Philippine languages, this book gives a synoptic view of studies by Dutch, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish linguists from the sixteenth to the twentieth century, placing them in their historical context. It opens up a new field of research in Philippine studies on previously unknown materials in European libraries and archives.
