In recognition of his outstanding works and accomplishment in the field of linguistics: his studies on language and nationalism as well as cultivation and intellectualizattion of Filipino, the development of Filipino as a language of intellectual discourse, and his study on language acquisition of Filipino and of English by Filipino children.
Birthdate: 29 February 1940
Died: 29 January 2006
Educational Background:
- Ph.D. in Linguistics - University of California - 1970
- M.A. in English Literature - Catholic University of America - 1960
- B.A. (Summa cum Laude) - St. Mary's College - 1959
Research Interest:
- Sociolinguistics
- Language Planning
- Applied Linguistics
- Higher Education in the Philippines
- Philosophy of Education
Honors and Awards Received:
- Officier de l' orde des Palmes Academigues - Government or France
- Regent's Fellow in Linguistics - University of California, Berkeley
- Stanley Tasheira Scbolar - University of California
- Fulbright-Hays Research Grantee - Harvard University
- PAEF Grantee (Management Dev't. Program for College Administrators) - Harvard University
- NRCP Achievement Awardee - National Research Council of the Philippines
- St. Vincent de Paul Medal of Academic Excellence Awardee - Adamson University
