RETORIKA: Jurnal Ilmu Bahasa
Vol. 9 No. 1 (2023)

Word Formation Process in Adele’s “30” Song Album: A Comprehensive Morphological Analysis

Fitria Aprilia (English Literature Study Program, Faculty of Social Humanities Universitas Bina Darma)
Neisya (English Literature Study Program, Faculty of Social Humanities Universitas Bina Darma)
Fitri Sonia (English Literature Study Program, Faculty of Social Humanities Universitas Bina Darma)



Article Info

Publish Date
25 Apr 2023

Abstract

This research aims to analyze comprehensively morphological process of word formation in song album “30” by Adele. Word formation focuses on the process of making or constructing new words based on other words or morphemes. Descriptive qualitative method was applied since the data were in the form of words, phrases, and sentences. The theory proposed by Yule (2017) was used in analyzing the word formation process. The data of this research were 12 songs contained in song album “30” by Adele. Based on the analysis, it was found that there were 6 types out of 14 types of word formation process in song album “30” by Adele. Specifically, this research found 44 data of word formation process. There were 6 data of compounding, 1 data of clipping, 1 data of backformation, 1 data of acronyms, 2 data of derivation and 33 data of prefixes and suffixes. Prefixes and suffixes were concluded as the most dominant type of word formation process that was found in song album “30” by Adele.

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jret

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Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

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RETORIKA: Jurnal Ilmu Bahasa, 2406-9019 (Print ISSN), 2443-0668 (Electronic ISSN) is the Journal of Linguistics who published research articles and of theoretical articles in linguistic science which published by Linguistic Department, Postgraduated Program, Universitas Warmadewa. The journal is ...