A collection of seven papers developed for the 1982 Summer Institute of Linguistics of the Linguistic Society of the Philippines address aspects of the institute's research topic, the interface of the morphosyntax and discourse structure in languages of the Philippines and Sabah. They include three papers on general concerns of discourse types in a given language and four concerning hortatory discourse. They are: "Verb Tense/Aspect in Tatana Discourse" (Inka Pekkanen); "Eliminating the Hocus-Pocus of Focus in Sangire" (Arthur Lightbody); "Intersecting Functions of Topic Markers in Sindangen Subanen" (Felicia Brichoux); "Mitigation in a Tiruray Sermon" (Steve Doty); "Hortatory Strategy in Subanun II" (Robert Brichoux); "Do As I Say: A Study of Selected Features of Hortatory Discourse in Eastern Kadazan" (Hope M. Hurlbut); and "Hortatory Mitigation: The Case of the Camouflaged Backbone" (Ross Errington). (MSE)