TY - BOOK TI - Understanding an exotic language: Ilokano AV - PL 5752 .U53 1982 PY - 1982/// CY - [place of publication not identified] PB - [name of publisher not identified] KW - LANGUAGE -- PHILIPPINES N1 - Unit I. Phonetic and written structure -- Unit II. Nouns -- Unit III. Modifiers -- Unit IV. Pronouns -- Unit V. Meaning and sentence construction -- Unit VI. Verbs N2 - A study of language reveals structures and expressions that can tell the social characteristics of a people. In Ilokano, the predominance of the action-oriented "ag" verbs (agluto), to cook; agtaray, to run; agmula, to plant; to mention a few, for instance, seems to be indicative of the Ilokano social trait taht continuously seeks activity as part of self-fulfillment ER -