The 244-page book was a product of "seven years of experimentation" at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, where the author, Dr. Aurelio Solver Agcaoili, is the coordinator of the Ilokano program. The US edition was priced at P750.00 at the launching of the book at the College of Teacher Education of the Mariano Marcos State University, Laoag Campus last July 27.
UH is the only university in the world that offers a 4-year bachelor's degree in Iluko. Last year, Dr. Agcaoili's Contemporary English-Ilokano Dictionary was launched at the same venue.
Dr. Agcaoili, poet, essayist, fiction writer, novelist in Ilokano, Filipino and English, was formerly of the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City.
"Gramatika" and other Ilokano books of Dr. Agcaoili are sold at National Bookstores nationwide.
Mahalo nui loa, manong.
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