Kalayagan, Tawid-Buhay and Other Uses of Language in a Marginal Philippine Community: The Place of Language in Literacy and Social Development

Autor/inn/en	Ruanni, T.; Tupas, F.
Titel	Kalayagan, Tawid-Buhay and Other Uses of Language in a Marginal Philippine Community: The Place of Language in Literacy and Social Development
Quelle	In: International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 11 (2008) 2, S.226-245 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1367-0050
DOI	10.2167/beb495.0
Schlagwörter	Democracy; Drug Abuse; Ethnography; Geographic Location; Foreign Countries; Functional Literacy; Social Development; Language Planning; Poverty; Unemployment; Language Usage; Figurative Language; Uncommonly Taught Languages; Philippines + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Demokratie; Ethnografie; Ausland; Funktionale Kompetenz; Soziale Entwicklung; Sprachwechsel; Armut; Arbeitslosigkeit; Sprachgebrauch; Minderheitensprache; Philippinen
Abstract	This paper discusses particular uses of language in a specific social location in the Philippines drawn from the 15-volume ethnographic study of functional literacy in 14 marginal communities in the Philippines by Doronila (e.g. 1996). These are uses of language by people whose internal capacity to generate change is strong yet many of whom are officially "illiterate", and the sort of participatory democracy that they advocate is challenged by extreme poverty, unemployment, drug abuse, economic exploitation, and so on. Therefore, my interest in these uses of language--(1) the use of a local language, (2) the use of metaphors and symbols, and (3) the construction of "new" knowledge through novel word coinages is borne by the fact that they do not really constitute a central rallying point for the community's organised struggles, yet they are nevertheless ubiquitous elements in such struggles: they "are "invisible" factors in the development process" (Aikman, 2001: 113). Unlike debates on language policies and educational access which happen on the policy and national levels, these uses of language appear to be the "natural" choice of the people in active search of a better future. (Author).
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