Linguistic Variation, Philippine English and Mental Health Issues

• Main Author: Cruz, Priscilla Angela T.
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• Subjects: Arts and Humanities; English Language and Literature; Language and Literacy Education; Literature in English, Anglophone outside British Isles and North America
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/english-faculty-pubs/205; https://doi.org/10.1111/weng.12669
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

This article is a study of how Filipinos talk about their depression and recovery in Philippine English, as compared to how users from other Englishes talk about their experiences with the same illness. As such, this is an attempt at examining what contextual factors give rise to variations in Engli...