*** By Maria Regina P. Arriero and Pia Tenedero *** Each year, we celebrate Buwan ng Wika or (National) Language Month in the Philippines. Formerly focused only on the Filipino…
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Multilingual responses are common during the special liturgies of Lent Many people celebrated Easter with chocolate bunny treats and by enjoying the long weekend. But not as many know the…
Pia TenederoApril 12, 2023
It is probably the least intuitive way of describing accountants, but these number-crunchers are, in fact, also language workers. This part of their professional identity is largely hidden for at…
Pia TenederoNovember 17, 2022
An area under "total lockdown" (Image credit: rappler.com) Lockdowns everywhere The lockdown discourse has become ubiquitous, especially in current affairs and social media. In fact, ‘lockdown’ and ‘quarantine’ have been…
Pia TenederoNovember 22, 2021
(Image credit: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino) August is celebrated in the Philippines as Buwan ng Wika (language month). This celebration began in 1946, shortly after the then Philippine President Manuel…
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, countries around the world have responded in varying ways to curb the spread of the disease by implementing different measures to restrict mobility among the population.…
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Image 1: Infographic in Tagalog on ways to prevent the spread of COVID-19 infection Editor’s note: Timely and equitable access to information for linguistically diverse populations continues to be a…
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Editor’s note: Working from home due to the Covid-19 pandemic has raised new communication challenges for many. In this latest contribution to our series of language aspects of the COVID-19…
Pia TenederoJuly 5, 2020
The national language is the mother tongue of the vast majority of citizens in most European states (Source: Josu Amezaga, MQ Lecture, 22-11-2017) Last week, Professor Josu Amezaga from the…
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