Word Formation in Facebook Conversation; A Study at a Group Prodi English Department Fkip University Muhammadiyah of Mataram in Academic Year 2015-2016

Abstract

This study was aimed at finding out “ Word Formation In Facebook Conversation; A Study At A Group Prodi English Department FKIP University Muhammadiyah of Mataram In Academic Year 2015-2016 ”. The method of this research is qualitative research was using case study, the participant of this research is a Group Prodi English Department FKIP University Muhammadiyah of Mataram, for five months from January to May the total was followed in Facebook conversation was three persons (teachers), and the whole of students were 20 persons. The instruments for collecting the data by using note taking. To analyze the data, the researcher classified word formation produced, and then the researcher analyzing the data. Based on this research it showed that there was 7words formation on facebook conversation in a Group Prodi English Department FKIP University Muhammadiyah of Mataram, consist of 1 Coinage, 5 of Blending, 5 of Clipping, 1 of Back- Formation, 7 of Reduplication, 1 of Compounding, 15 of Acronym. So the total word formation for all of the data was 35 data, which was used on a Facebook conversation in a Group Prodi English Department FKIP University Muhammadiyah of Mataram. The dominant type of word formation process that occurs on facebook conversation, in a Group Prodi English Department FKIP University Muhammadiyah of Mataram was Acronym, which is 15 data.

A corpus-based study of word-formation creativity in Facebook Philippine English

“…Items 5-8 are light-sounding codeswitched compounds made up of Tagalog words blended with the superlative degree of the adjunct many and are all graphologically written as one-word compounds. World Englishes authorities [25], [33] found compounding to be a productive word-formation process and asserted that it had been a constant feature of PhilE vocabulary; however, the present data show a different trend in online speech. Nevertheless, it can be noted that there are compounds in other parts that are included under other processes, e.g., the pun vitaminsea (vitamin C) is a compound.…”

“…PhilE lexicon consists of expressions that developed locally and are thus distinctively PhilE, and expressions that developed elsewhere, which have spread throughout the Englishspeaking countries, not just in the Philippines. No sample of Asbah [25] pseudo-acronyms (i.e., initials) that, when pronounced, resemble the sounds of intended words, e.g., ICQ from I seek you and IOU from I owe you were found in the corpus.…”