Achieving local color: The use of native expressions in Philippine short stories in English written by Filipino male writers

• Main Author: Carreon, Maria Eda C.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2007
• Subjects: Philippine languages—Idioms; Philippine literature (English); Short stories, Philippine (English); Authors, Filipino; English Language and Literature; South and Southeast Asian Languages and Societies
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/12860
• Institution: De La Salle University

This study dealt with the analysis of the linguistics structures and functions of native expressions, or non-English lexicons, in 36 Philippine stories written in English. The primary focus of the study was the stylistic designs used by Filipino writers in incorporating native expressions in their s...