Analysing the Word Formation Processes

62 Therefore, the tables actually helped the writer to see the word formation processes of the data discretely. The tables also helped the writer to analyse the processes of word formation as well as finding out the similarities and differences easily.

4. Analysing the Word Formation Processes

To analyze the word formation processes in the dictionary of Cockney and the dictionary of Bahasa Binan, the writer treated the phrases or sentences as words. This decision was taken because actually the phrases or the sentences conveyed single meanings to replace the existing words in English or Bahasa Indonesia. The steps below describe the essential process of analyzing the words in Cockney and Bahasa Binan: a. Consulting the Dictionaries of English and Bahasa Indonesia This step was the basic step in analyzing the processes of word formation in Cockney and Bahasa Binan. This step was done since both language variations were rooted from English and Bahasa Indonesia. By consulting the dictionaries of English and Bahasa Indonesia, the writer was able to know the actual meanings, contexts, and usages of the words in the source languages and compared them to the new meanings, contexts, and usages in the language variations. b. Reviewing the Information in the Dictionaries This step was taken to gain the deeper information of the words in Cockney and Bahasa Binan. The writer found that the dictionaries of Cockney and Bahasa Binan sometimes provided detailed information as well as sentence 63 examples. Therefore, the writer also used the information to analyze the processes of word formation as well as to maintain the objectivity of the word analysis. c. Finding Information on the Internet This step was done to analyze the processes of generified word and proper noun in Cockney and Bahasa Binan. The writer googled and read the information on websites in order to determine whether the words were essentially names of people, popular places, or brands. The writer solely googled the information of the words whose first letters were started in capital, such as Queen’s Park Rangers since this way of writing were only used to describe names.

5. Making Conclusion Based on the Findings