CODE SWITCHING AND MORPHOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATION

2. Statement of the Problem
Specifically, this study seeks to answer the
following:
1.Which of the four categories mention by Thurlow (2003)
constitute the text language (jargon) of the students;
1a. shortenings
1b. acronyms and initials
1c. letter number homophones
1d. non-conventional spelling
2.Which types of code- switching occur?
2a. Borrowing
2b. Calque
2c. Intrasentential
2d. Intersentential
3.What are the discourse functions of code switching based
on the researchers analysis?

3. Language Phenomena
Text JargonCode switching
Borrowing
Calque
Intrasentential
Intersentential
Shortenings
Acronyms and Initials
Letter-Number
Homophones
Non-Conventional
Spelling

4. PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS
AND INTERPRETATION OF
DATA

5. 0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
Frecuency Percentage Rank
Borrowing
Calque
Intrasentential
Intersentential

6.  Non-standard orthographic forms in the English
Language
 Shortenings;
 Bday ‘’birth day’’ pic ‘’picture’’
 Plz ‘’please’’ Xlip ‘’sleep’’
 Acronyms and Initials;
 Cit ‘’College Institute of Technolgy’’
 Ctu ‘’Cebu Technological University’’
 fb ‘’facebook’’

 Letter-Number Homophones;

 U ‘’you’’ f ‘’if’’
 2 ‘’to, two, too’’ r ‘’are’’
 Non- Conventional Spellings;
 Fon ‘’phone’’ Nym ‘’name’
 ’Skul ‘’school’’ Wat ‘’what”

7. Non-standard orthographic Form in the Cebuano
Language
 Shortenings
 rn ‘ron’ nsad ‘nasad’’
 kng ‘kung’ ngeta ‘nangeta’
 Letter-Number Homophone
 Cge ‘sige’
 Aq ‘ako’
 d ‘di or dili’
 Non-conventional Spelling
 Ogma ‘ugma’
 Lague ‘lagi’

8. Sample transcripts below of the selected BA-
English most common reasons for code
switching in online messaging conversations.
Giving information. This emphasizes either the sender or the
receiver gives information.
‘’ahw, just leave a message lang hah? Either sa aq phone or
fb’’
(Ah, just leave a message either in my phone or facebook.)
Inquiry. This shows to gather or collect data.
‘’uhm, the college of arts and sciences ba, ni ask if pwede cla
kahuwam sa guidelines sa atung amazing race pag
summit.’’
( The college of arts and sciences asks if they can borrow the
guidelines for the amazing race last summit).

9. Clarification. To clarify thoughts or idea being stated.
‘’Zer, unya na nq e.uli ang book pag after nana nq huh?’’
(Zer, I will return the book later after I’m done using it.)
Expressions of Politeness. Showing good manners or respect
for other people.
‘’plz diay ko tel sa mga teachers nga Wednesday pq makaskul’’
(please tell our teachers that I will be attending classes on
Wednesday)
Emphasis or Command. Stressing for something or to give an
order.
‘’ asa nga side? Get I whole sheet of paper, show ur solution’’
( Which side? Get one whole sheet of paper and show me your
solution.)

10. SUMMARY OF FINDINGS,
CONCLUSIONS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS

11. Conclusions
Code-switching is a natural behavior, and it
usually happens in informal conversation
both direct and indirect. The reasons for code
switching have nothing to do whether the
context of the conversation is direct and
indirect or is computer mediated. The
participants code switch naturally in online
conversation. Moreover, the participants
consistently used more Cebuano
(participants’ native tongue) than English as
the base language in online conversation.

12. Recommendations