Filipino English Essay Example

for this was,since the feature of reducing the value of vowels in unstressed syllables are not present in the Philippines vernacular languages. Unlike the interviewer,the connections of words are obvious from the interviewee because the last letter of a word especially if it was a vowel is part of first letter or syllable of the word. Another was that the vowel II/ vowel is usually replaced by 'I/ or /e/. For example,the president pronounced criticized, where in ,he used [I/ instead of Ill.

Second and third ,are the rhythm which is dependent on emphasis and subordination,phrasing,blending ,intonations . Let is also dependent on the third common variation which is stress -the importance given to certain syllables. The observations I incurred regarding the rhythm were the sentences were said word by word and even syllable by syllable. Plus , the syllables were said with practically uniform loudness and length of time. Simply stating, subordination of unimportant rods was not applied in Filipino English.

As I said earlier main reason for this is for intelligibility and being second users of English language. The President's loudness or intensity in his speech didn't vary compared to what the interviewer did . His emphasis on the words like heightening the tone or pitch and increased of duration or the so called intonation are barely observed. His phrasing or the grouping of words to convey a thought which is dependent mainly on the meaning and intent was not given importance unlike the interviewer.

The interviewee ,articulated every word as important as the other and no interrelations. The prominence given to a word base on its meaning is barely heard. The blending

of the sentence rhythm of the president is not smooth unlike the British interviewer. Third , the stressing of syllable or what is known as accent ,varies completely from both the interviewer and interviewee. The President pronounce each syllable separately with a more or less even accent. The interviewee's intonation sometimes begin high on the accented syllables then falls.

Pitch are barely observed from the President while the interviewer articulation has really put an emphasis on pitch levels . Based from my observations by contrasting it to Britain English, I therefore conclude that the variation of Filipino English is almost 80% different. The president's responses were plainly the counterpart of vernacular language either regarding sounds,rhythm and stress.

Sources

1. Martinez,Norma. Standard Filipino English Pronunciation. Racial: Novas Press, 1975. Alonzo, Terror. Standard Filipino English. Manila :Atone University Press,1969.