English Word Formation Processes Used in Englishindonesian Internet Memes at 1CAK.COM (original) (raw)

2018

Abstract

The study aims to identify and to classify the form of English Word Formation Processes that appear on English-Indonesian internet memes from 1CAK website. Recognize as descriptive quantitative, it focus on English-Indonesian internet memes post on 1CAK website; of all 170 memes; from August to October 2017. Checklist is use as Data collection techniques; with 6 pre-defined categories that act as variables for the instrument. The findings showed that Affixation (with the biggest percentage of 41.06%), followed by Shortening and Compounding (28.46% and 20.73% respectively). Meanwhile, the rarest among them were Blending (with the average percentage of 2.03%), followed by Coinage and Borrowing (3.25% and 4.47% respectively). Where the use of word formation process in internet memes at 1CAK were mostly affected by the linguistic proficiency, creativity and ingenuity of netizen on the internet. Even then, such everyday (common) linguistic creativity, require much deeper understanding; w...

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