Book published by Sharon Bulalang (Ph.D., 2020)

Dr. Sharon Bulalang (PhD., 2020) published her new book, Western Subanon Grammar, in December 2024. It was published as a part of the Endangered and Lesser-Studied Languages and Dialects (Brill), which was established through a collaboration among the National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics (NINJAL) in Japan, the Department of Linguistics at UHM, and the Brill Publishing. The series is open access and Sharon’s book is available for downloading here. The book is loosely based on her 2020 UHM dissertation with new materials. It is the first ever comprehensive description of Western Subanon, a highly endangered indigenous Austronesian minority language in the southern Philippines. The book’s 26 chapters cover the phonological, morpho-syntactic, and discourse properties of the language. Special attention is devoted to the salient grammatical features of Western Subanon, including symmetrical voice, relative clauses, ellipsis, and scope. The volume also makes available numerous examples online through Kaipuleohone, UH’s digital linguistic archive. Congratulations, Sharon on this achievement!