adapted from a children book with the same title in 1978 by Judi Barret and Ron Barret. This film is directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
with a length of 1 hour and 34 minutes, produced by Columbia Picture and released in September 2013.
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CHAPTER II THEORETICAL DESCRIPTION
A. Previous Research
As consideration, the writer lists two theses with similar topics about Word-Formation and Componential Analysis. The first thesis was done by
Laila Afifa with her thesis entitled “An Analysis of Word Formation and Meaning Component in the Mini Dictionary on Owl City Blog
http:owlcityblog.com.”
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The focus of her research is the word formation process and the meaning components of the new words in the mini dictionary
on Owl City Blog http:owlcityblog.com. She uses the Word-Formation theory by George Yule for analyzing
word formation and componential analysis by Eugene A. Nida with paraphrasing technique in analyzing the meaning component. The result of the
analysis is the most word formation processes used in the Mini Dictionary on Owl City Blog are multiple processes, blending and derivation. The word
formation and meaning component are related to each other. The second thesis was done by Alif Ramdhani entitled “Word-
Formation and Componential Analysis on the Names of Music Festival in Indonesia 2011.”
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The focus of his research is the word-formation and component meaning of new words in the names of music festival 2011. He
uses word formation theory by Ingo Plag and componential analysis with
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Laila Afifa. An Analysis of Word Formation and Meaning Component in the Mini Dictionary Owl City Blog http:owlcityblog.com. Jakarta: Uin Syarif Hidayatullah, 2012, p.iv.
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Alif Ramdhani. Word Formation and Componential Analysis on the Names of Music Festival in Indonesia 2011. Jakarta: Uin Syarif Hidayatullah, 2012, p.iv.
