Bicol University

Graduate School
Rizal St. Legazpi City 4500

MASTER’S AND DOCTORAL RESEARCH PROPOSAL CONCEPT NOTE

Proposed Research Title:

LEXICAL VARIANTS AMONG THE FOUR (4) POLITICAL UNITS OF LIGAO CITY

Research Discipline:

Sociolinguistics and Mother Tongue Based Multi-Lingual Education

Scientific/Theoretical Background to the Study:

Based on recent researches, many languages die because of many different factors including
language shifting and language evolution. In order to preserve existing languages from these
factors, coding or transferring them to paper is one of the best ways.

Knowledge Gap to Be Filled:

The main goal of this study is to come up with a mini lexicon containing the list of word
counterparts on the four political units of Ligao based on the Swadesh list. Furthermore, this
material will serve as a supplementary tool in teaching Mother Tongue Based Multi-Lingual
Education for up to now, the lack of contextualized materials is also a problem being faced by many
MTBMLE teachers.

Main Research Question:

What are the language variants present on the four political units of Ligao city?

Research Design, Methods and Materials:

This study will be a descriptive research where the researcher gathers the lexical counterpart of
200 words from the Swadesh wordlist among the four political units of Ligao city through the use of
structural analysis. Descriptive structural analysis examines the qualitative data collected through
different methods in document analysis, interviews or surveys. The researcher will conduct a group
interview with the respondents about the study and will record and analyse the lexical
counterparts given by the respondents.

Most Relevant References:

Responses from the interview among local natives who are living in each political unit will serve as
the primary source or reference for this study.

Name/Signature of proponent: RAYMOND P. ROSALES

Date Submitted & Received by: ____________________________________________________________________________