Patterns of Derivational Affixes of Bicol-Catanduanes

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The Department of Education (Department of Education) Order 74 (s. 2009), more commonly known as the Mother Tongue Based-Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE), highlighted the need to study the linguistic diversity of learners and need to generate and make available materials in various Philippine languages. Through the Department of Education Order No. 16 s. 2012, it releases materials covering 12 languages and adds up 7 more languages. One of the languages that is not included in the development of materials for MTBLE is Catanduanes. Since Bicol-Catanduanes languages were underexplored, kindergarten and primary teachers in Catanduanes were using the materials in Bicol Naga which is different from their language. Teachers suffered teaching vocabulary among learners. Identifying derivational affixes patterns of Bicol-Catanduanes is a good strategy for them teach vocabulary among learners.

METHODS

Using content analysis of Tang Tacio's column "Isip-Isipon Ta" which is a sole article written in Bicol-Catanduanes were analyzed through Post Bloomfield morpheme-based analysis. I used Emergent coding to determine the patterns of derivational affixes. The results of the research were validated by chosen language teachers in Catanduanes.

RESULTS

Root word+-an, root word+-on, root word+-syon, root word+-a, ka-+root word, para-+root word, and repetition of first syllable+root word+-on were patterns for nominalizer. Root word+-an and root word+-on were identified patterns in the verbializer. Ma-+root word, maki-+root word, root word+-l, naka-+root word and ma+ first letter+-in-+root word were patterns for adjectivizer. Buru-/ suru-/uru-+root word, root word+-l, root word+-an and total reduplication +rootword, ma-+root word, total reduplication +r, tig-/pig-+root word were patterns for adverbializer. The nominalizer patterns always occur from verb to noun, the verbializer patterns always occur from noun to verb, the adjectivizer patterns always occur from noun to adjective, and the adverbializer patterns occur form noun to adverb. Identifying these patterns can help teachers and curriculum implementers to make material in mother-tongue.

DISCUSSIONS

The result identified and analyzed the patterns of derivational affixes in Bicol-Catanduanes. This doesn't study doesn't identify whether it is from Northern Bicol-Catanduanes or Southern Bicol-Catanduanes. This doesn't discuss the pattern of inflectional affixes which is crucial in the syntax analysis.