TAO: Being and Becoming Human
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tao, education
Abstract
The word tao, a linguistic and cultural term for a person or human being, is commonly and widely used in a large majority of linguistic areas in the Philippines. To this effect, this study explores the very concept of tao and the words associated with it to serve as a key to better understand the nuances of culture and world-view of the Filipinos as indigenous people of the Philippines and of Southeast Asia. To achieve that goal, the paper investigates the linguistic, metalinguistic and philosophical aspects of the tao. It first identifies the linguistic areas where the term tao and its related words are used, and then presents a metalinguistic analysis of the terms/words linked with tao; finally, unravels their philosophical aspects.
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De Mesa, J. M. (1991). In Solidarity with the Culture. QC: Maryhill School of Theology.
Enriquez, V. (1981). Kapwa: A core concept in Filipino Social Psychology. Philippine Social Sciences and Humanities Review. 45. 427- 465.
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Grace. G. (1959). The Position of the Polynesia Languages within the Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) Language Family. International Journal of American Linguistics, ____ 16, Bloomington, Ind.
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Roth, J., & Sontag, F. (1988). Questions of Philosophy. California:Wadsworth Pub. Company.
Scott, W. H. (1984). PreHispanic Source Materials in the Study of Philippine History: Quezon City: New Day Publisher.
Suggs, R. C. (1960). The Island Civilizations of Polynesia. New York: Mentor Books.
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Roman Jr., G. Q. (2010). TAO: Being and Becoming Human. The Normal Lights, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.56278/tnl.v5i1.61
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