A Bibliography of Philippine Linguistics - SIL International

Foreword
The expanding list of scholarly publications on tile Philippine languages makes it
necessary that serious researchers ha1.e easy access to iI bibliography in this fascinating
subspecialization in'the field of Austronesian lir~guistics.
Ch.er the years. such bibliographies ha1.e fortunatel!- been a~.ailablc. thanks to the
~vork of dedicated compilers of scholarly materials. One thinks of compilations of Ward.
Asuncio~~-Lande. the Surnrner Institute of Linguistics for its onn publications. Makarcnko.
and of course. the Nenbern Libran (Chicago's) list of its olvn holdings in Philippine
Irrrguistics. C. Hidalgo's and N. C~ibar's compilations of lexicographic and grarnnlatical
studies of the Spanish period likewise need mention.
Hone\ er. since Makarenko's b~bllograph! ( I98 I ). there has not been an update GI\ Ln
the rapd Increase in publicat~ons I felt that an update cornb~n~ng and ehpand~ng the l~sts
\\as narranted nith the aid of solneone fa111111ar n~th cortlputer sofinare to be able to
cornpile an updated llst and to set up the nccessan program to keep th~s l~st updated ,IS
ncv publicat~ons appear
Philippine linguistics has bee11 blessed with such talent in the person ofRex Johnson
of the Su~nrner Institute of Linpistics. ho was persuaded by his colleagues at the Summer
Institute of Linguistics (Philippinesj to undertake this diflicult pro-ject in cooperation
\\ it11 the Ling~istic Societ! of the Philippines.
Rex Jolmson has not only put together pre\.ious bibliographies on Plulippi~le linguistics
and added net\. ones up to 199 1 but he has likewise provided \,aluable clues for each entn
to gi\c the beginning student of Pl~ilippine language an idea of the kind of ~vork the
publication belongs to as a categon ivitllin linguistic studies. whether it be a stud! of
grammar. lexicon. tests. socioli~~guistics. Often. titles are not inforrnati1.c enough to gi\.e
tlie researcller a clue as to \\.hat the!- contain. Tlle present compilation does an efficient
job at identifjing the categon of study in lvhich an itern falls. On behalf of the Linguistic
Societ! of the Philippines and the PI7ilippinr ./o~1r.r7nl r!f'l.it~giii.vtic.v. I would like to pa!
tribute to Rex Johnson for this painstaking work of coinpilation and would like to thank
the Su~nmcr Institute of Linguistics (Philippines) for sponsoring the preparation of tile
inanuscript. .~l Rihlioprqdy o/'/~hilippitir Lirip~~i.sri~.s (152 1-1991). We in the Lirlguistic
Society of the Philippines are happy to present this work as Nu~nber 39 in our Linguistics
Monograph Series.
Andrew Gonz.ale~. FSC
Linb~~istic Socieh of tile Philippines
1996
1996. Rex Johnson, comp. A bibliography of Philippine linguistics. LSP Special Monograph Issue, 39.
Manila: Linguistic Society of the Philippines.