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ERIC Number: EJ1329702
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 26
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ISSN: ISSN-2094-3938
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Morphosyntax Variations of the "Surigaonon" Language in North-Eastern, "Mindanao," Philippines
Penera, Lesley Karen B.
TESOL International Journal, v16 n2 p122-147 2021
Anchored on Labov's notion that some linguistic features may exhibit variants among speakers of the same language within the same community as well as on Parker and Riley's language variation theory, this inquiry which employs a qualitative-content [manifest] analysis assumes that "Surigaonon" exhibits some linguistic variations hence the identification of its lexical and syntactic variants, determination of the morphological processes revealed by the variants, and documentation of the rules of morphological unit combinations established by the morphological processes. This inquiry is propelled by the belief that intermarriages and employment among others have steered "Suriganonons" to encounters with people who speak other languages thus speak some of these languages themselves in formal circumstances resulting into the "adoption and use of non-"Surigaonon" terms" [and structures] and "nativizing" them. Data were sourced from published studies, "Surigaonon" dictionary and handbook, as well as recorded responses from "Surigaonons" obtained by adapting Labov's "rapid and anonymous observations" technique. Findings prove that "Surigaonon" exhibits some linguistic variations which reveal a number of morphological processes establishing several rules of morphological unit combinations. Although some are distinctively native "Surigaonon" alternatives, many are evidently results of the identified morphological processes which include [among others] lexical borrowing, affixation including circumfixation, alternation, clipping, compounding, metathesis, and stylistic syntactic variation through contraction, exclusion, and single morpheme equivalents. Moreover, despite following rules in word formations with majority of the lexical and syntactic variants, "Surigaonons" speak other alternatives that imply language innovation without apprehension of any deviation from established universal convention. Some display nonconformity which might also be the rationale for many of the complex word formations in the same collection despite prior described and established patterns.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Philippines
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