This study identified the grammatical features of Philippine English in local newspaper editorials. Specifically, the study determined the frequency of occurrence of deviant cases in terms of subject-verb agreement, articles, and prepositions. Through non-probability sampling, a total of forty-five (45)… More

This study identified the grammatical features of Philippine English in local newspaper editorials. Specifically, the study determined the frequency of occurrence of deviant cases in terms of subject-verb agreement, articles, and prepositions. Through non-probability sampling, a total of forty-five (45) editorials were retrieved from the websites of three local newspapers and were interpreted and analyzed to identify grammatical deviations. To ensure the validity of the deviations found in the editorials, the researcher, along with three grammar raters, verified all the texts that contained the grammatical deviations. The specifics of the frequency counts showed that most of the deviations in subject-verb agreement were due to the use of a special noun (collective, clausal), while most of the deviant cases in article usage were associated with a missing definite article. For preposition usage, most of the deviations were linked to a missing preposition. Grammatical deviations as features of Philippine English in local newspaper editorials is a manifestation that a certain variety of English can be used as a medium to relay information and influence people’s opinions within a specific context. Less

In this paper, the quantum mechanical dynamics of a particle subjected to a damped coupled harmonic oscillator potential was investigated by solving its quantum propagator using the Hida-Streit formulation—also known as the White-Noise analysis. A coordinate transformation to decouple the… More

In this paper, the quantum mechanical dynamics of a particle subjected to a damped coupled harmonic oscillator potential was investigated by solving its quantum propagator using the Hida-Streit formulation—also known as the White-Noise analysis. A coordinate transformation to decouple the system was also performed. After the decoupling process, the authors obtained a separate expression of the Lagrangian for a one-dimensional damped harmonic oscillator. Then, the obtained Lagrangian was cast to the classical action and evaluated their propagator using the white noise path integration. The full form of the propagator was solved by taking the product of the individual propagator, and from that, the wave function, particularly the ground state wave function was extracted by symmetrization and setting the quantum number n1 = n2 = 0. The result agrees with the propagator of a coupled harmonic oscillator without damping (Pabalay et.al, 2007) as the damping factor ? is turned off. Less

This study aimed to analyze the rhetorical moves found in the introduction and methodology sections of the Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics’ (MAAL) Theses of the Department of Communications, Linguistics, and Litera-ture (DCLL). Swales’ (1990) CARS Model of Rhetorical… More

This study aimed to analyze the rhetorical moves found in the introduction and methodology sections of the Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics’ (MAAL) Theses of the Department of Communications, Linguistics, and Litera-ture (DCLL). Swales’ (1990) CARS Model of Rhetorical Moves and the corresponding model of the method section by Lim (2006) served as the frameworks. All graduate theses, a total of 22, of the MAAL program from 2005 to 2018 served as data. The theses copies were retrieved from the library or from the authors. Findings revealed that discourse analysis, pragmatics, conversation analysis together with second language acquisition & bilingualism especially code-switching have been mostly explored while Labov’s (1999; 1967) framework in analyzing narrative structure was con-sidered overused. Swales’ (1990) three ‘moves’ in writing an introduction were employed following this pattern: Es-tablishing a territory (Move 1) by Claiming Centrality (Step 1A under Move 1) followed by Establishing a niche (Move 2) by indicating a gap (Step 1B under Move 2), and Occupying niche (Move 3) by outlining purposes (Step 1A under Move 3) as the most prevalent pattern. On the other hand, in terms of moves in the methodology section, this pattern is applied: Describing Data collection procedures (Move 1) by describing the location (Step 1A), population size (Step 1B), and recounting the steps in data collection (Step 2) followed by Delineating procedure/s for measuring variables (Move 2) by presenting an overview of the design (Step 1), and Elucidating data analysis procedure/s (Move 3) by relating data analysis procedure/s (Step 1). Findings suggest that the research design (i.e. qualitative and quanti-tative), environment, participants/respondents, instruments, and procedures are highly important in describing the methodology of the study. Significant implications for research writing are also discussed. Less

This study determined and analyzed the combined unigram and bigram predominant keywords evident in the Linguistics faculty published articles, the journals where the published articles were published, and the Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics (MAAL) courses that can use… More

This study determined and analyzed the combined unigram and bigram predominant keywords evident in the Linguistics faculty published articles, the journals where the published articles were published, and the Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics (MAAL) courses that can use the published articles. This study used the documentary analysis in analyzing the 67 published journals of USC Linguistics Faculty from 2006-2017. This study revealed that the predominant keywords are English, Discourse Analysis, and Cebuano Language while the majority of the faculty published their journal articles in local journals. Moreover, the Discourse Analysis, Psycholinguistics & Multilingualism with First Language Acquisition and Second Language Acquisition as well as Semantics & Pragmatics in Intercultural Communication can be used in the courses of MAAL. Consequently, this study provides implications on the gaps of research that had to be filled by including the unexplored research topics in the research agenda of the Department of Communications, Linguistics, and Literature. Linguistics faculty could continue in publishing their research projects, especially to international journals. Less

In the discourse of Filipino Muslim history, the Tausugs from Mindanao, Philippines had shown their strong resistance to the Spanish and American colonizers. This Tausug’s way of waging jihad (holy war) known as parang sabil , a misunderstood practice, is… More

In the discourse of Filipino Muslim history, the Tausugs from Mindanao, Philippines had shown their strong resistance to the Spanish and American colonizers. This Tausug’s way of waging jihad (holy war) known as parang sabil , a misunderstood practice, is seen in their literature. The parang sabil, a ceremonial folk narrative song sung to the accompaniment of the gabbang (native xylophone), suling (native flute), and the biyula (native violin), deals with the story of a Tausug hero who seeks guiltless death in the hands of foreign invaders in defense of Islam. Hence, this paper made use of Fairclough’s theory of Critical Discourse Analysis to analyze the identity of the Tausug as represented in the folk narrative song, Kissa Kan Panglima Hassan (The Story of Panglima Hassan). After a close examination of the textual features, discourse and socio-cultural practices in the text, findings revealed that the Tausugs performed parang sabil under the ideology of martabbat (honor), dar’al Islam (space), and tawheed (oneness). This paper does not only shed light on the Tausug ideology of jihad and the struggle of the Muslims in Mindanao but, more importantly, it contributes to the development of positive discourses relating to the image of Tausug culture in the Philippines. Less

in Mathematics in all levels of education in Bukidnon, Philippines. A Mathematics Self-Efficacy Beliefs Questionnaire developed by Benjamin (2003) and Bandura (1994) on a five Likert scale was adopted. Before the use of the questionnaire, it was tried out to… More

in Mathematics in all levels of education in Bukidnon, Philippines. A Mathematics Self-Efficacy Beliefs Questionnaire developed by Benjamin (2003) and Bandura (1994) on a five Likert scale was adopted. Before the use of the questionnaire, it was tried out to thirty (30) Mathematics Teachers not included in the study. The questionnaire was found valid and reliable with alpha reliability coefficient of 0.75 which indicates the instrument is reliable. The instrument was administered to 160 mathematics teachers from the elementary, secondary, and tertiary levels. Their responses were analyzed using factor analytic method. A principal factor with iteration was employed. Likewise, varimax rotation method was also used. Results of the study show five factors with eigenvalues greater than one emerged from the factor analysis of the Mathematics teacher’s response to the self-efficacy beliefs scale. These factors will inform the administrators on the teacher quality and effectiveness/self-efficacy in Mathematics teaching. Understanding the self-efficacy beliefs can be useful to teacher education programs in improving teaching effectiveness and beliefs of teachers in the educational system. Less