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ENGLISH WORD FORMATION ANALYSIS IN
THE JAKARTA POST’S SCI-TECH ARTICLES 2014

A Thesis
Submitted to Faculty of Literature and Humanities
In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements
for the Degree of Bachelor of Literature

NOVIA FAJRIANI
1110026000147

ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
FACULTY OF LITERATURE AND HUMANITIES
SYARIF HIDAYATULLAH STATE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY
JAKARTA
2015

DECLARATION

I hereby declare that this submission is my own work and that, to the best of my
knowledge and belief, it contains no material previously published or written by
another person nor material which to a substantial extent has been accepted for the
award of any other degree or diploma of the university or other institutes of higher
learning, except where due acknowledgement has been made in this text.

Jakarta, March 2015

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ABSTRACT

Novia Fajriani, English Word Formation Analysis in The Jakarta Post’s Sci-Tech
Articles 2014. A Thesis: English Language and Literature Department, Literature
and Humanities Faculty, State Islamic University Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta,
2015.
The research analyzes the process of word formation to the selected words
which are found in The Jakarta Post‘s articles. It also classifies the types of word
formation. Moreover, it is aimed to make people understand word formation and
know how to guess a meaning of new words without look up into dictionary. This
research is analyzed by qualitative descriptive method. The research is focused
and limited to word formation in e-news The Jakarta Post‘s Sci-Tech articles in
January - March 2014. The data are analyzed using Structural Morphology
Processes by Eugene A. Nida. The analysis in this research has four steps based
on the structural morphology processes. They are, Morpheme, Word Formation,
Morphophonological Processes, and Dictionary. Then, the data are also classified
to the types of word formation, they are inflection, derivation, compounding,
blending, clipping, creation de novo, back-formation, acronyms, initialisms, and
eponyms. The result finds that almost all of word formation occurs in the analysis.
There are 27 words that is analyzed. The 25 words pass the four steps of structural
morphology processes. There are two words that do not pass the four structural
morphology processes; WhatsApp and DSLR. Also there are two types of word
formation that do not occur; creation de novo and back-formation.

Keywords: word formation, technology term, morpheme, structural morphology.

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ACKNOWLEGDEMENT

In the name of Allah, the most Gracious and the most Merciful
May peace and blessing of Allah be upon all of us
All praises be to Allah SWT, the Lord of the Universe, on the overflow of
graces and mercies to mankind, who remarkably guides me in the process of
writing the thesis. Peace and Salutation be upon the greatest prophet Muhammad
SAW, his family, companions and adherents, who had civilized the world from
the darkness to the lightness.
In this occasion, I would like to express my gratitude to my family,
especially my beloved parents, H. Ahadul Basyari and Hj. Munifah, my family,
and my aunt Hj. Jamilah Hosen for all the support. They have never forced me to
do anything in order to give me the liberation of choosing, yet they have never
forgotten to guide me to be positive person.
I also would like to convey my deepest gratitude to the following amazing
people:
1. Prof. Dr. Sukron Kamil, M.Ag., the Dean of Letters and Humanities
Faculty.
2. Drs. Asep Saefudin, M.Pd., the Head of English Letters Department, who
is also one of the writer‘s advisor, for sacrificing his precious time to guide
me in completing my thesis.
3. Elve Oktafiyani, M.Hum., the Secretary of English Letters Department.
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4. Hilmi, M.Hum., the writer‘s advisor who always willing spare his time to
patiently guide and teach me in many ways to complete my study and
thesis.
5. All lecturers in English Letters Department who have taught and inspired
me during my study.
6. My beloved family, brothers, sisters, aunties, who have given so much
moral and material support to me during the time until the final of the
study, may Allah always protect and bless them.
7. My friends in English Letters Department 2010 especially Sazali
Muhamad, S.S., Siti Fauziah, S.S,, Sarah Lizara Sevida S.S., Fakhri Fauzi,
S.S., Putri Rosdiana for their help and experience.
8. Rumah Kardus Foundation (RKF), a bestfriend, a family who support me.
9. My college friends Rana Meisara, S.S, Ilham Putra, S.S, and Fahmi
Fahrurroji, S.S who helped my thesis.
10. The lovely one Meirin Setianti, Muhamad Ryan Fauzi, and Fathya
Maulidya for support and prayer.
11. My A class of 2010 and Linguistics A class 2013 classmates and seniors
and juniors for the support.
12. Everyone I met and spent time together in sharing their insights,
knowledge, spirit, experiences, reasons of life and motivations which have
motivated me to be beneficial person.
Jakarta, March 2015

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

APPROVEMENT ............................................................................................ i
LEGALIZATION ............................................................................................. ii
DECLARATION ............................................................................................... iii
ABSTRACT ...................................................................................................... iv
ACKNOWLEDGMENT .................................................................................. v
TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................. vii

CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................ 1
A. Background of the Study ....................................................................... 1
B. Focus of the Study ................................................................................... 5
C. Research Question .................................................................................. 5
D. Objective of the Study ............................................................................ 5
E. Significance of the Study ........................................................................ 5
F. Research Methodology ........................................................................... 6
1. Method of The Research ........................................................................ 6
2. The Technique of Collecting and Data Analysis .................................. 6
3. Instrument of the Research ................................................................... 6
4. Unit of Analysis .................................................................................... 7
CHAPTER II
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK ................................................................. 8
A. Previous Study ........................................................................................ 8
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B. Concept .................................................................................................... 10
1. English Word Formation ................................................................... 10
a. Morpheme and Word ....................................................................... 12
2. Types of English Word Formation .................................................... 18
a. Inflection and Derivation ................................................................. 19
b. Compounding ................................................................................... 22
c. Creation de novo .............................................................................. 24
d. Blending ........................................................................................... 25
e. Clipping ............................................................................................ 26
f. Back-formation ................................................................................. 27
g. Abbreviations: acronyms and initialisms ......................................... 27
h. Eponyms .......................................................................................... 29
3. Structural Morphology ...................................................................... 30
4. Technology .......................................................................................... 32
CHAPTER III
RESEARCH FINDINGS ................................................................................. 34
A. Data Description ..................................................................................... 34
B. Data Analysis ........................................................................................... 36
CHAPTER IV
CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS ....................................................... 80
A. Conclusions ............................................................................................. 80
B. Suggestions .............................................................................................. 81
BIBLIOGRAPHY ............................................................................................ 83
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APPENDICES .................................................................................................. 85

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