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D. Definition of Terms
The following terms need to be clarified so that the reader can comprehend the research easily.
1. Blends
English blends are the example of creative use. They are composed of at least two base words. According to Carroll 1996, a blend is composed by two
different words with completely unequal meanings which are put together to form a new word with a new meaning as cited in Hosseinzadeh, 2014, p. 18. A blend
occurs as the result of blending in word formation process. Gries 2004 defines blending as the coinage of a new lexeme by fusing parts of at least two other
source words of which either one is shortened in the fusion andor where there is some form of phonemic or graphemic overlap of the source words as cited in
Hosseinzadeh, 2014, p.18. The examples of blends in English are stagflation which is derived from stagnation and inflation, smog from smoke and fog and
motel from motor and hotel.
2. E-Magazine
An e-magazine e-zine is an “electronic magazine” or “online magazine”. Chennupati, Foo, Heng 2006 state, “eZines are equivalent to eNewspapers but
published by established print magazine publishers” p. 3.
3. HighEnd Teen HET E-Magazine
HighEnd Teen e-magazine is an Indonesian e-magazine which is published by PT MNI Entertainment. It is part of PT Global Mediacom Tbk group which
7 includes PT Media Nusantara Citra Tbk MNC Group, RCTI, Global TV,
MNCTV, Indovision television networks, daily newspaper Seputar Indonesia, tabloid Genie, Mom Kiddie, and Just for Kids magazine. The e-magazine uses
English language in the articles, news and other information related to international teenagers’ lifestyle.
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CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
In this chapter, the researcher would like to discuss the theories which support this research. This chapter consists of two parts. The first part is the theoretical
description which explains the relevant theories that support the research. The second part is the theoretical framework which summarizes and synthesizes all major
relevant theories used by the researcher to answer the research questions.
A. Theoretical Description
The study of blends is included in morphology field. According to Baurier 2003, morphology is the study of forms of words and this term is etymologically
from the Greek morphe ‘form’ and –ology ‘study’ p. 335. Lieber 2015 also defines Morphology as the study of word formation which includes the process of new words
formed and the way forms of words are varied depending on how they are used in sentences p. 2.
1. Words
Words are the most familiar of all the units of linguistic analysis. Words play an important and integral role in the human ability to use language creatively.
According to O’Grady and Guzman, the most reliable defining property of words is that they are the smallest free forms found in language 1997, p. 132. A free form is
an element that can occur in isolation andor whose position with respect to
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