Patterns and Meanings of English Words through Word Formation Processes of Acronyms, Clipping, Compound and Blending Found in Internet-Based Media
Abstract: This research aims
to explore the word-formation process in English new words found in the
internet-based media through acronym, compound,
clipping and blending and their meanings. This study applies Plag’s
(2002) framework of acronym and compound; Jamet’s (2009) framework of clipping,
and Algeo’s framework (1977) in Hosseinzadeh
(2014) for blending. Despite the
formula established in each respective framework, there could be occurrences of novelty and modification on how words are
formed and how meaning developed in the newly formed words. The research shows
that well accepted acronyms can become real words by taking lower case and
affixation. Some acronyms initialized non-lexical words, used non initial
letters, and used letters and numbers that pronounced the same with the words
they represent. Compounding also includes numbers as the element member of the
compound. The nominal nouns are likely to have metaphorical and idiomatic
meanings. Some compounds evolve to new and more specific meaning. The study
also finds that back-clipping is the most dominant clipping. In blending, the
sub-category clipping of blending, the study finds out that when clipping takes
place, the non-head element is back-clipped and the head is fore-clipped.
Author: Rio Rini Diah
Moehkardi
Journal Code: jpantropologigg160039
