THE WORD FORMATION OF THE ALAY LANGUAGE USED BY FACEBOOKERS IN STATUS UPDATE ON FACEBOOK
By:
FAUZIA NI’MAH
08360174
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG
This thesis written by Fauzia Ni’mah was approved on August 1st, 2012
By Advisors
Advisor I, Advisor II,
This thesis was defended in front of the examiners of Faculty of Teacher Training and Education University of Muhammadiyah Malang
and accepted as one of the requirement to achieve Sarjana Degree in English Education
on August 1st, 2012
Approved by:
Faculty of Teacher Training and Education University of Muhammadiyah Malang
Dean,
Dr. M.Syaifuddin, M.M
Examiners: Signatures:
MOTTO AND DEDICATION
Perkataan yang baik dan pemberian maaf lebih baik daripada sedekah yang diiringi tindakan yang menyakiti. Allah maha kaya, dan maha penyantun.
(QS.Al-Baqarah:263)
Kegagalan hanya terjadi bila kita menyerah. ( Lessing )
Pendidikan merupakan perlengkapan paling baik untuk hari tua. (Aristoteles)
DEDICATION: I dedicated this thesis to:
My beloved parents, father and mother,
My beloved sisters, rosi, elli and novi,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
First of all, the writer gratefully thanks to God “Allah SWT” the almighty for a great endless blessing so that she was able to finish writing this thesis.
She is also greatly indebted to her first advisor, Drs. Soeparto, M. Pd. Who has patiently helped, taught, managed and advised in writing this thesis and her second advisor, Drs. Imam Mahfudz in friendly way spent his time on advising and giving the writer the right way in writing this thesis.
Furthermore, the writer wants to send her great thankfulness and deep appreciation to her beloved father, mother and sisters who have supported her financially, morally, and spiritually so that the writer can finish this thesis.
Special thanks are also given to her boyfriend Dinul Haq Sabyli who have given her support and motivation. Her beloved friends (Dinok, meg meg and nduk roro). Her little nephew Ahong kecil and the big family (D1 Mami Hana, Tante Novi, Om Ebi, Joe, Dika, Enggar, Puji, Rena, Sisil, Enchiez, Zahros, Feri, Yu Ida, Lucky, Rokib and Fanny) who given her support too.
Finally, the writer hopes that this research is very useful for the other researchers for doing other research related to the linguistic study.
Malang, 16th, June 2012 Writer
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE ... i
APPROVAL ... ii
LEGALIZATION ... iii
MOTTO AND DEDICATION ... iv
ABSTRACT ... v
ACKNOWLEDGMENT ... vi
TABLE OF CONTENTS ... vii
CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of Study ... 1
1.2 Research Problems ... 3
1.3 Purpose of Study ... 4
1.4 Significance of Study ... 4
1.5 Scope and Limitation ... 5
1.6 Definition of Key terms ... 5
CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 2.1.1 Theory of Relevant to Research Question ... 6
2.1.2 Morphology ... 7
2.1.3 Word Formation ... 8
2.1.3.1 Type of Word Formation ... 8
2.1.3.1.1 Compounding ... 9
2.1.3.1.2 Reduplication/ Echoism ... 9
2.1.3.1.3 Derivation ... 10
2.1.3.1.5 Acronym and Initialism ... 12
2.1.3.1.6 Clipping ... 13
2.1.3.1.7 Functional shift ... 13
2.1.3.1.8 Borrowing ... 13
2.1.3.1.9 Backformation ... 13
2.1.3.1.10 Conversion ... 14
2.1.3.1.11 Multiple processes ... 14
2.1.4 Alay Language ... 14
2.1.4.1 The Structure of Alay Language... 15
2.1.5 Social Networks ... 16
2.1.5.1 MySpace ... 16
2.1.5.1 Facebook ... 16
2.1.5.1 Bebo ... 17
2.2 Current Literature to Research Question 2.2.1 “A Study on Word Formations Found in Television Advertisement” by Heru Kuswanto ... 17
2.2.2 “The Word Formation Process on English Computer Terms Used in Microsoft Word 2000” by ST. Kiblatun Yuyun Nasikah ... 18
CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 3.1 Research Design ... 19
3.2 Research Object ... 20
3.3 Data Collection... 21
3.3.2 Procedure of Data Collection ... 22
3.4 Data Analysis ... 22
CHAPTER IV: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION 4.1 Findings ... 23
4.1.1 The words in Alay Language ... 23
4.1.1.1 The Alay Which Conform The Theory of Word Formation ... 23
4.1.1.1.1 Clipping ... 24
4.1.1.1.2 Blending ... 28
4.1.1.1.3 Multiple Processes ... 28
4.1.1.2 The Alay Words Which Do Not Conform The Theory of Word Formation ... 29
4.2 Discussion ... 33
CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION 5.1 Conclusion ... 36
5.2 Suggestion ... 38 BIBLIOGRAPHY
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