Perez, Alejandrino Q.

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CLOS I NG ADDRESS : A FRU ITFUL GATHERING Al Q. P e r e z  Distinguished speakers and delegat e s  t o  this language forum , friends , ladies and gent lemen : Before we declare this c onference c losed , we would like to take the privilege as Pres ident of the PAMBANSANO SAMAHAN SA LINGGWISTIKANG PILIPINO , INK . and ASIAN ASSOCIATION ON NATIONAL LANGUAGES ( ASANAL ) to say a few words . In the brief period of six days of p lenary sessions , we have covered a great variety o f  areas relat ed t o  the language stan­dardisat ion and nat ional languages of Asian c ountries which are relevant to educat ional development , especially t o  our quest for language univer­sals in this hemisphere . We have learned much from the s cholarly papers presented and discussed by eminent speakers , ranging from concept s and philosophy underlying the policies and dis cipline on the language stan­dardisation of part icipating nat ions , to basic solut ions to prob lems on the deve lopment of those languages .  We have att empted t o  examine or re-examine as thoroughly as has been feasible in the short t ime availab le , s ome of the excit ing development s in Asia in the field of language standardisat ion . We have t ried to make realistic appraisal and assessment of the status and progress of language standardisation and nat ional languages of our Asian neighbours . We have tried t o  look at the situation of the Asian languages parti cu­larly on language standardisat ion in an effort to ident ify prob lems and to search for possible solut ions . This conference has s erved as a forum in the meeting of minds among s cholars of language and of edu­cat ion in Asia . The information and exchange of academic ideas have result ed in an immens e  value ac cruing to both speakers and delegates , and they promise hope for more effect ive steps toward the standardisation of Asian languages .  The discussion have been lively , very lively indeed , 3 7 1  Perez, A.Q. "Closing Address: A Fruitful Gathering". In Perez, A.Q., Santiago, A.O. and Nguyễn Đ.L. editors, Papers from the Conference on the Standardisation of Asian Languages, Manila, Philippines, December 16-21, 1974. C-47:371-372. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1978.   DOI:10.15144/PL-C47.371 ©1978 Pacific Linguistics and/or the author(s).  Online edition licensed 2015 CC BY-SA 4.0, with permission of PL.  A sealang.net/CRCL initiative.3 7 2  AL Q .  PEREZ and have produc ed some int eres ting and fruit ful result s . The effect ive manner in which the chairmen and the rapporteurs of the various sess ions are no less respons ible for the interest ing , live ly and challenging discussions . As a whole , I would like to think that we are moving in the proper dire ction - finding our Asian ident ity thru our respective languages .  In De cember 19 7 2 ,  during the c los ing address of the First C onference on Asian Languages ,  I said the following : "We look forward to having the p leasure of we lcoming you to the Second As ian Conference on the Nat ional Language s  in 197 4 " . It is needless to say that that statement of mine has been fulfilled and has become a reality . At this J uncture , I am happy t o  inform this august body that the THIRD CONFERENCE ON ASIAN LANGUAGES would be held in the first week of Dec ember 19 7 5 ,  in Jakart a ,  Indonesia, with the leadership of Dr . Amran Halim as a c ont inuat ion of the two language forums held in the Philippine s .  The theme of the forthcoming conference will be : LANGUAGE AND NATION BUILDING . The December 1 9 7 5  conference in Jakarta is a reaction t o  the ob s er­vat ion that t wo years is quite long for an int erval of the conference . The language of Asian countries should be formally discus sed in forums like this at least annually . Hence the third conference in Jakarta with Dr . Halim as Conference Director . In c losing , I would like to say once again that it has been the honour of the PSLP , SWP and the ASANAL to have had your part icipat ion . Your contribut ions toward the succes s  of the conference have been sub stantial and have convinced us that in this hemisphere we do have so many prob lems on language st andardisat ion but we realise that most of them are common to us as brother Asians . On behalf of the PSLP , SWP and the ASANAL , I would also like t o  express my sincere gratitude t o  all our dist inguished friends and c olleagues for having accepted our invitation t o  part icipat e  in this conference .  The planning and other committees J oin me in hoping that all of you who have done us the honour of coming from afar to att end this conference have found the week spent with us profit able and pleasant . Again , allow me to express t o  one and all my profound appreciation . Thank you very much for your cordial co-operat ion . Perez, A.Q. "Closing Address: A Fruitful Gathering". In Perez, A.Q., Santiago, A.O. and Nguyễn Đ.L. editors, Papers from the Conference on the Standardisation of Asian Languages, Manila, Philippines, December 16-21, 1974. C-47:371-372. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1978.   DOI:10.15144/PL-C47.371 ©1978 Pacific Linguistics and/or the author(s).  Online edition licensed 2015 CC BY-SA 4.0, with permission of PL.  A sealang.net/CRCL initiative.

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