HomeDLSU Dialogue: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Cultural Studiesvol. 4 no. 2 (1968)

Short Notices on Recent Philippine Writings

Marcelino A. Foronda Jr.

Discipline: Cultural Studies

 

Abstract:

Filipino (Manila Lingua Franca) versus Pilipino (Abakada Tagalog) by Geruncio Lacuesta, national chairman of the National Language Anti-Purism League, (Quezon City, National Language Anti-Purism Movement, c1967, ii, 171p.) is a collection of selected published and unpublished polemical writings of the author, and is the only reference book for the anti-purist side in the current national discussion on the national language issue.