Philippine English

Abstract

This chapter approaches English in the Philippines not as one language, but as several varieties that are used in a wide range of situations and contexts. What most studies and policies on English in the Philippines have continued to neglect is the fact that there are a variety of Englishes that multilingual Filipinos constantly use in a variety of situations and contexts. The chapter refers to these Englishes as Pinoylish – Philippine Englishes in constant flux, in continuous construction, always fluid, occupying various points in a cline of centrality and peripherality, drawing from a repertoire of local languages, including English as a Philippine mother tongue, as well as other modes of communication that shape what is meaningful to the Filipino. It discusses the features of the “standard” Philippine English variety and the diffuse state of language policies in the Philippines.

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