The Morpho-Semantic Analysis of Conyo Words in Cotabato State University

Abstract

Conyo words are relevant in linguistically diverse culture to facilitate communication and exchanging ideas of a certain people. With the advent of social media has been influenced the terms used today’s era, in the Philippines, Conyo language is code-mixing where people speak Taglish, a combination of the English and Filipino language. It is a powerful tool and completely figure out and shape one’s personal identity. This qualitative study aimed to determine the common conyo words used by the College of Arts and Sciences students in Cotabato State University, the participants of this study were the randomly selected students who used conyo words in online platforms such as Facebook, class group chats, and in campus activities. Results revealed that most of the Conyo words used by the students were following Morphological features; the acronym, blending, borrowing, code mixing, and code switching. In addition,the formulation of Conyo words varies and can be understood based on its morphological features. Based on the result of the study, the identified conyo words commonly used by the students; in Acronym level such as “atm” which formed from the phrases “at this moment” where the first letter in each word in a phrase were combined. The psycho-linguinstic of conyo words and phrases were analyzed thematically and the following factors were drawn; peer influence, conforming with language trends, shortening communication, and for entertainment. Finally, the study concludes that students utilized Conyo words and phrases to speed up and simplify communication, to conform to current linguistic trends, and to easily communicate emotions and ideas.