The Language of Cockfighting

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The Language of
Cockfighting:
A Linguistic
Analysis
Presenter: LEIZL MAY CO-TORTOGO
COURSE: MORPHOLOGY AND PHONOLOGY

PROFESSOR: DR. LEO ABERION
CAS, USJ-R, CEBU CITY
DATE: 21 JANUARY 2017
RATIONALE
• New things need new words(Wagner, 2010)

• Culture influences development of
vocabulary.
• Sabong or cockfighting is one interesting
tradition among Filipino men.
• It is the second most popular hobby in the
country.
• “A Cockfight Paradise” (Bethge, 2002)
Rationale
• Cockfighting is deeply-rooted in our history

and culture.
• Dr. Jose Rizal - “the national vice” in his
novel, Noli Me Tangere(Bethge,2002)
• Pres. Ferdinand Marcos – passed the
Cockfighting Law of 1974(Stuart, 2014)
“vehicle for the preservation and perpetration of
native Filipino heritage; enhances national identity”
Objectives
• Analyze linguistically the language of sabong

aficionados in Negros Occidental
• Specifically, it processes the following:
– The expressions and their classification
– Their morphology and semantics
– Their functions
ASSUMPTION: Linguistic processes facilitate the
consummation of language among sabong
aficionados.
Theoretical Setting
Functions of
English Word Gestural Theory Language
Formation of Language (Jacobson)
Theory(Yule) Origins
(Armstrong) - Proposed that
-described word any act of verbal
formation -posited the idea communication is
processes as the that iconic visible composed of 6
investigation of gesture had elements.
steps on how new something to do
expressions evolve with the origin of -Each factor is the
language, focal point of a
- Described by an particularly function that
onomasiological speech. operates between
model the message and
the factor.
METHODOLOGY
Research Site: Silay City & Talisay City
Respondents : 5 sabong aficionados
Sampling Procedures: Purposive sampling

method
Research Method: Interview and Structural

Analysis of expressions used
Data Analysis procedures:

• identifying & classifying expressions used
• processing their morphology and semantics
• Determining their functions
Results and Discussion
CATEGORIES EXPRESSIONS USED WORD FORMATION
PROCESS
I. Expressions for Promotor, llamador/kristo, Derivation, borrowing,

cockfight sentensyador, manugtakod, connotation through
participants manugtahi, manugbulang, images, affixation
casador
2. Expressions for Patas, parehas,diez-siete, Derivation, borrowing,

betting odds diez-seis, logro-nuebe, compounding
logro-singko, tatlo-duha,
pilu
3. Expressions for Rueda, tari, kurong, llamado, pot Borrowing, derivation,

cockfighting money, waay-kalu, biya, pago, compounding, functional
implements and fastest kill, derby, soltada, lusok shift
other related terms
• Kristos’ Hand Signs Expressions
1. 2. 3.
4. 5. 6.
7. 8. 9.
• Functions of language
Metalingual Conative Emotive Phatic
This is the use of This refers to an This refers to any The purpose in this
code to discuss and orientation toward message revealing function is to
describe itself. the addressee; it the condition of the maintain or end
• This is observed in helps to make people sender. contact with person
the betting do something. • This is mostly spoken to.
process where the • This is observed in observed at every • Maintaining
intricate language the actions of the cockfight when contact inside the
of bets(code) is kristos in the din gradually arena is done
employed convincing other increases into a verbally or
between the kristos to take or deafening decibel. through signs.
kristos and the make the bet. Common • Use of Hand
sabongeros. expressions are signals is a means
“Naan! Bunal!” of initiating
contact with
kristos.
Conclusion
• The language of cockfighting is expressed both verbally
and through signs. The linguistic processes and language
functions categorically facilitate the consummation of
the language among sabong aficionados.
• The lexicon used are basically formed through various
morphological processes such as borrowing, affixation,
derivation, compounding and connotation through
images.
• Hand signals provide an effective means of
communicating the language of betting.
• In cockfighting, language has metalingual, conative,
emotive and phatic functions.
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COURSE: MORPHOLOGY AND PHONOLOGY

• New things need new words(Wagner, 2010)

• Cockfighting is deeply-rooted in our history

• Analyze linguistically the language of sabong

Respondents : 5 sabong aficionados

Sampling Procedures: Purposive sampling

Research Method: Interview and Structural

Data Analysis procedures:

I. Expressions for Promotor, llamador/kristo, Derivation, borrowing,

2. Expressions for Patas, parehas,diez-siete, Derivation, borrowing,

3. Expressions for Rueda, tari, kurong, llamado, pot Borrowing, derivation,

Presenter: LEIZL MAY CO-TORTOGO

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