Introduction
Chapter 1. Phonology and Spelling
Chapter 2. Nouns and Pronouns
Chapter 3. Markers and Prepositions
Chapter 4. Adjectives and Linker
Chapter 5. Verbal Aspect
Chapter 6. Verbal Focus
Chapter 7. Verbal Mood
Chapter 8. Pseudo-verbs and other verb forms
Chapter 9. Adverbs
Chapter 10. Connectors
Chapter 11. Sentence structures
Chapter 12. Clause types and Conjunctions
Chapter 13. Interjections, Courtesies, and other Lexical classes
Chapter 14. Summary: quick reference guide
References
Index
Sheila Zamar is Assistant Professor of ESL and Tagalog Language Instruction in the Defense Critical Language and Culture Program at the Mansfield Center, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA.
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California-Santa Cruz, USA.
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