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around in circles. Hence, if the two words are blended into twirl, then it will have the meaning of having quick repeated turns in circles. The word can be found in
the sentences: ――Twirl for me,‖ he says. I hold out my arms and spin in a circle‖ p. 121; bk. 1, ch. 9. It can be seen that the blended word twirl has the same
meaning as it is explained in the sentences in the novel. Hence, it can be concluded that the word twirl is a result of blending process from the word twist
and whirl.
6. Acronyms
Acronyms are the words which are formed by taking some or all initial letters of the words
O‘Grady de Guzman, 2010. The researcher found that acronyms are rarely used in The Hunger Games trilogy novels since it is only used
once. It occurs in the novel Mockingjay in this sentence: ―They‘re assaulted by ...
what? A sound? A wave? A laser?‖ p. 341; bk. 3, ch. 24 O‘Grady and de Guzman 2010 find that the word laser is sometimes not recognized as acronyms.
In the sentence, the word laser is formed by using acronym. Laser is formed from
light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation. Many people do not know
that laser is an acronym since it can be written not in capitals. However,
according to O‘Grady and de Guzman 2010, acronyms are different from initialisms. The difference is that acronyms are pronounced as a
word, while initialisms are pronounced letter-by-letter. This novel also has an example of initialisms as it is also found in Mockingjay novel in this sentence:
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short for Simulated Street Combat ‖ p. 246; bk. 3, ch. 18. As it has been
explained in the sentence that the word S.S.C. is formed from Simulated Street Combat, it is formed by using initialism, not by using acronym, because the word
is pronounced as es.es.si:. This word shows the example of humans‘ creativity to
produce new lexical categories since the word S.S.C. is not listed in the dictionary and it only exists in the novel.
Table 4.5 Acronym of the word laser
Formed Word Words Origin
Word Lexical Category
laser noun
light noun
amplification noun
by preposition
stimulated adjective
emission noun
of preposition
radiation noun
To sum up, acronyms become the rarely used process to form words. It is because the genre of these novels is fantasy.
O‘Grady and de Guzman 2010 state that acronyms are commonly used in naming organizations and in military and
scientific terminology. However, the novels do not have a theme of military or science. Therefore, acronyms are rarely used since the words in the novels are not
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CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS, IMPLICATIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS
