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Abstract: This paper describes the evolution of studies of Philippine English phonology over more than three decades, and then goes on to discuss the results of a recent data‐based study of the Philippine English accent which, following Llamzon (1997), groups representative speakers of Philippine English into three groups: an acrolect group, a mesolect group, and a basilect group. The results of this research provide a description of distinctive phonological features at the three levels, shared in and between speakers of such groups. Finally the paper concludes by suggesting a number of possible directions for future research, suggesting that future studies of Philippine English phonology will be concerned not so much with making statements about a ‘standard’ Philippine pronunciation, but rather with describing descriptions of a range of accents, differentiated both according to geography (and first language background) and according to social‐group membership.
Ma. Lourdes G. Tayao (Sun,) studied this question.