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Romblomanon dictionary (review)

Romblomanon dictionary (review) Book Reviews Leonard E. Newell. 2006. Romblomanon dictionary. Manila: Linguistic Society of the Philippines Special Monograph 52. xviii + 848 pp. ISBN 978-971-780-024-0. $30.00. (Available online at http://www.sil.org/asia/philippines/book_store.html.) To date, dictionaries for five Central Philippine languages have qualified as "must-haves" for Philippine linguists: Fr. Leo English's twin English­Tagalog (1977) and Tagalog­English (1986) dictionaries; Malcolm Mintz's two-volume 3rd-edition English­Bikol, Bikol­English dictionary (2004); John Wolff's Cebuano­English dictionary (1972); and the SIL Philippines dictionaries for Tausug (Hassan, Ashley, and Ashley 1994) and Masbatenyo (Wolfenden 2001). The publication of the late Leonard Newell's impressive Romblomanon Dictionary brings that total to six. Having learned during my first fieldwork expedition to Romblon province in 2000 that a Romblomanon dictionary was in the works, I eagerly anticipated publication of the completed project after years of hearing through the grapevine that it was nearing completion. This "first and incomplete dictionary for Romblomanon" (x) is an impressive effort, one that will surely stand the test of time, even if nobody else ever "completes" this supposedly "incomplete" 848-page volume. The dictionary is divided into four main sections: the introduction (84 pages); the Romblomanon­English dictionary (598 pages); the English­Romblomanon index (150 pages); and appendices (16 pages). As the title http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Oceanic Linguistics University of Hawai'I Press

Romblomanon dictionary (review)

Lobel, Jason William.
Oceanic Linguistics , Volume 50 (1) – Aug 3, 2011
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Book Reviews Leonard E. Newell. 2006. Romblomanon dictionary. Manila: Linguistic Society of the Philippines Special Monograph 52. xviii + 848 pp. ISBN 978-971-780-024-0. $30.00. (Available online at http://www.sil.org/asia/philippines/book_store.html.) To date, dictionaries for five Central Philippine languages have qualified as "must-haves" for Philippine linguists: Fr. Leo English's twin English­Tagalog (1977) and Tagalog­English (1986) dictionaries; Malcolm Mintz's two-volume 3rd-edition English­Bikol, Bikol­English dictionary (2004); John Wolff's Cebuano­English dictionary (1972); and the SIL Philippines dictionaries for Tausug (Hassan, Ashley, and Ashley 1994) and Masbatenyo (Wolfenden 2001). The publication of the late Leonard Newell's impressive Romblomanon Dictionary brings that total to six. Having learned during my first fieldwork expedition to Romblon province in 2000 that a Romblomanon dictionary was in the works, I eagerly anticipated publication of the completed project after years of hearing through the grapevine that it was nearing completion. This "first and incomplete dictionary for Romblomanon" (x) is an impressive effort, one that will surely stand the test of time, even if nobody else ever "completes" this supposedly "incomplete" 848-page volume. The dictionary is divided into four main sections: the introduction (84 pages); the Romblomanon­English dictionary (598 pages); the English­Romblomanon index (150 pages); and appendices (16 pages). As the title

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