The voluminous book provides a range of international theories and methodologies in analytical folklore investigations, and a classification scheme based on genre is offered as the system of taxonomy for Philippine traditional materials. Lopez counts on the regional folklorists to refine the classification according to the texts of their respective areas. The different genres, too, are explained and examined in another part of Lopez's study. The reader will definitely find interesting and useful, the illustrative examples for each genre.

The book is comprehensive and highly informative, but can be appreciated by all levels in whatever courses or fields of endeavor the render or user may be in. More than anything else, the exercise will certainly prove very helpful for Filipino students to learn a language that we are not native speakers of. Again, congratulations for this splendid work! I am truly honored to have been a part of this intellectual pursuit.

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