Understanding the Filipino culture of today through historical facts

1. Diachronic and
Synchronic
Parameters of
Philippine Society
and Culture
By Prospero R. Covar

2. What does “diachronic” mean?
 from two Greek words “dia” which
means through and “khronos” which
means time.
 of or concerned with
phenomena, such as linguistic
features, as they change through time.

3. What does “synchronic” means?
 From Ancient Greek σύν (sýn, “with, in
company with, together
with”) + χρόνος (chrónos, “time”)
 concerned with events existing in a
limited time period and ignoring
historical antecedents

4. Periods of Filipino History
 Formative Period (0.5 M to 1565)
 Period of Struggle and National
Consolidation (1565 – 1898)
 Period of Cultural Solidarity
(1898 – 1998)

5. Formative Age (0.5M – 1565)

11. Period of Struggle and National
Consolidation ( 1565 – 1898)

15. Treaty of Paris (1898)

17. Pearl Harbor Attack

19. “ I shall return.”

20. Period of Cultural Solidarity
(1898-1998)

26. Major Parameters of Philippine
Society and Culture
 Allocation of goods and services
 Allocation of power and authority
 Ideological Enculturation