THE WORD FORMATION OF THE ALAY LANGUAGE USED BY FACEBOOKERS IN STATUS UPDATE ON FACEBOOK

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
2012

This thesis written by Fauzia Ni’mah was approved on August 1st, 2012

By Advisors

Advisor I,

(Drs. Soeparto, M.Pd.)

Advisor II,


(Drs. Imam Mahfudz)

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:


1. Dra. Thathit Manon A., M.Hum

1. ............................

2. Bayu H. Wicaksono, S.Pd., M.Ed. Ph.D

2. ............................

3. Drs. Soeparto, M.Pd

3. ............................

4. Drs. Imam Mahfudz

4. ............................

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,
My beloved soul mate, Ndut,

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

Fauzia Ni‟mah

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
2.1.3.1.4 Blending ..................................................................... 11

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
3.3.1 Research Instrument.............................................................................. 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
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