TAGALOG SLANG

TAGALOG SLANG
Training Objective:
DESCRIBE the Tagalog Slang

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Enabling Objective:
DEFINE Tagalog Slang IDENTIFY the sources of Tagalog Slang EXPLAIN the methods of re-shaping a word into slang

REFERENCES: ARTICLE BY WILLIE J. UY ENTITLED THE NEW FILIPINO SLANG: UNDERSTANDING TAGLISH WHEN IN THE PHILIPPINES

HTTP://WWW.SEASITE.NIU.EDU/TAGALOG/HOWSLANG WORDS.HTM

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OVERVIEW
Definition of Tagalog Slang Sources of Slang Methods re-shaping of words into slang

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is

a word derived from a Tagalog word or from borrowing other languages, by giving new meanings to pre-existing word , by coining or creating original forms, or by using numbers as a kind of in-group codes

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1. LOAN WORDS - borrowing from different languages - significant changing of meaning or grammar - renders these words rather unintelligible to native speakers of the language from where the word was borrowed

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1. LOAN WORDS

- Major sources of Tagalog Slang

a. English e. Visayan

b. Spanish
c. Japanese

f. Ilokano
g. Kapampangan

d. Chinese

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1. LOAN WORDS

- Examples:
a. Toxic - loaded with work

b. De Kahon bookish
c. Tong - bribery ; illegal collections

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2. Attribution of new meaning to Tagalog words - derived from the large collection of inherited vocabulary, but take on a major change in semantics

NEW MEANING OF TAGALOG WORDS

ASWANG

Slang for MOTHER IN LAW

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BAWANG

NEW MEANING OF TAGALOG WORDS

LUTO

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3. Coinage

- involves the creation of new words and are hardly recognizable even though they may be based at times on other words

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3. Coinage

Examples:
a. harurot - fast, speeding b. palpak - failure or failed attempt

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4. Numbers

based on the use of numbers in various innovative ways

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4. Numbers

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143

METHODS OF RE-SHAPING WORDS INTO SLANG

METHODS OF RE-SHAPING WORDS INTO SLANG

1. Word Play basically involves the re-ordering of sounds done through dropping or adding sounds or syllables to the words from any language

METHODS OF RE-SHAPING WORDS INTO SLANG

1. Word Play Example: Bayawak brother-in-law

from Tagalog bayaw = brother-in-law, Tagalog bayawak = monitor lizard)

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2. Metathesis process of slang derivation pertains to the switching of sounds within a word either through inversion of syllables or by a complicated re-arrangement of the letters.

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2. Metathesis Syllable switching examples: ASTIG = tough, unfeeling (from matigas, hard) BIGTU= water (from Tagalog tubig, water) TOMGU = hungry (from gutom, hungry)

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2. Metathesis Full reversal adnagam = beautiful (from Tagalog maganda, beautiful)

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3. Reduction involves the shortening or truncation of words Examples:

amboy syano kano

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4. Abbreviations or Acronyms understood only by an "insider" in a group. Examples: a. AIDS b. HIV c. KGB

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5. "Mix-Mix" involves the blending of two or more languages within a given word, phrase or sentence. Examples: a. Anong say mo? b. Baw lang

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SUMMARY AND REVIEW:
DEFINE Tagalog Slang IDENTIFY the sources of Tagalog Slang EXPLAIN the methods of re-shaping a word into slang

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