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AN ANALYSIS OF WORD FORMATION PROCESSES OF SLANG WORDS IN “THE BEGINNING” ALBUM BY BLACK EYED PEAS Febri Oktavia 1, Yulmiati 2, Melati Theresia 2 1



Mahasiswa Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris STKIP PGRI Sumatera Barat 2 Dosen Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris STKIP PGRI Sumatera Barat



[email protected] ABSTRAK



Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisa proses pembentukan katakata gaul yang terdapat dalam lirik lagu pada album The Beginning oleh Black Eyed Peas. Pertanyaan penelitian ini adalah apa kata kata gaul dan proses pembentukan kata gaul yang ditemukan dalam album tersebut. Jenis penelitian ini adalah penelitian deskriptif. Untuk menjawab pertanyaan diatas, peneliti menggunakan 3 teknik analisis data yaitu codding, categorizing dan explaining. Berdasarkan data, ditemukan ada 61 kata gaul. Untuk menentukan proses pembentukan kata gaul dalam album ini, peneliti menggunakan teori dari O’Grady & Archibald (2016) dan Yule (2006) menurut dua ahli tersebut, ada 16 tipe proses pembentukan kata yaitu derivation, compounding, inflection, clipping, acronyms, blending, conversion, internal change, backformation, onomatopoeia, coinage, suppletion, reduplication, cliticization, borrowing dan multiple processes. Berdasarkan enam belas tipe tersebut, peneliti menemukan ada 7 tipe proses pembentukan kata gaul yaitu 9 kata menggunakan tipe multiple process, 3 kata menggunakan tipe derivation (dalam multiple proses), 44 kata menggunakan tipe clipping, 1 kata menggunakan tipe internal change, 5 kata menggunakan tipe coinage, 1 kata menggunakan tipe borrowing dan 1 kata menggunakan tipe acronym. Berdasarkan 7 tipe diatas, tipe yang paling banyak ditemukan adalah tipe clipping. Kata kunci : Kata Gaul, Proses Pembentukan Kata



INTRODUCTION Communication



an



humans will not able to continue



important thing in human’s life.



their life properly and regularly



Communication is being important



without communication. They use



thing



because



language as the main tool in this



through communication, people can



process of communication. It means



express their ideas and their opinions



that, language is an important thing



about something to another people.



in communication.



Then,



in



human’s



through



is



life



communication



As



people can supply their needs. Thus,



a



medium



for



communication, language has the



1



smallest parts called words. Words



coinage, suppletion, reduplication,



are always evolving day by day



cliticization, borrowing and multiple



because human beings need words as



processes. For example, in daily



a tool for expressing their ideas.



communication, the term BTW and



Words are always evolving with the



OMG is often used. It is formed by



developing of human civilization. A



the process of acronym, in which it is



new word can be borrowed from



actually derived from By The Way



other languages, coined or invented



and Oh My God. Those words are



by known or unknown individual



called slang.



person, or created from existing



Slang is one of language



words. There are some processes in



varieties used by the people. Slang



forming the words. Linguistically,



words are language that is used by



these processes are called word



people in informal situation to make



formation processes.



easy



in



doing



conversation.



Word formation processes are



According to Susanto and Afit



the processes of creating new words



(2010) in Nurhayati (2016:68), Slang



and the new uses of the old words.



can be as informal or nonstandard



According to Plag (2003:9), word



language that is used to communicate



formation



the



by certain community in certain



formation of words. In addition,



situation such as in informal and



Word formation consist of a process



friendly



in create new word where it was a



Akmajian et al (2010:301) state that



result of modification of old word



slang is something that everyone can



(Yendra, 2016:130). According to O’



recognize but no one can define. It is



Grady and Archibald (2016) and



mean that Slang is informal language



Yule (2006), there are 16 basic



that is used in informal situation and



processes to create new words In



only used by certain people in a



creating



social group.



is



new



dealing



words,



with



they



are



derivation, compounding, inflection, clipping,



acronyms,



conversion, backformation,



situation.



In



addition,



Nowadays, slang words are not



blending,



only found in everyday conversation,



change,



but also in movies, novels, comics,



onomatopoeia,



magazines, and lyric of songs. Slang



internal



2



become something inspiration for



in certain situation such as in



musician. The most of musician who



informal and friendly situation. In



write their song use slang word.



addition, the reseracher used oxford



There are many kind of music such



dictionary and the online slang



as: pop, rock, rap, hip hop/ R&B,



dictionary



melodic and jazz. Researcher found



determine slang words.



as



standarization



to



slang words used in lyrics of songs



Meanwhile, to answered the



by Black Eyed Peas in sixth album,



second question, the researcher used



that album is named the beginning



two theories, they are O’Grady and



album.



the



Archibald (2016) and Yule (2006)



researcher will analyze the word



theories. Based on two theories



formation of slang words in lyrics of



above, there are sixteen types of



songs by Black Eyed Peas in the



word formation processes, they are



beginning album.



they are derivation, compounding,



In



this



research,



There are two points of the



inflection,



clipping,



acronyms,



problems. The first, what are the



blending,



conversion,



slang words found in sixth album of



change,



Black Eyed Peas. The second, What



onomatopoeia, coinage, suppletion,



are the word formation processes of



reduplication,



those slang words found in sixth



borrowing and multiple processes.



internal



backformation,



cliticization,



album of Black Eyed Peas. In this case, the researcher finds the slang words



and



explains



the



RESEARCH METHOD



word



This research conducted by



formation processes of those slang



using



descriptive



qualitative



words found in that album.



research. In this research, the writer



To answered the first question



tried to analyze the data and finally



above, the researcher used theory



make a description about the analysis



from



Susanto and Afit (2010) in



of word formation process of slang



Nurhayati (2016:68), they stated that



words found in sixth album of Black



slang



or



Eyed Peas. According to Kothari



nonstandard language that is used to



(2004:37), descriptive research are



communicate by certain community



those studies which are concerned



can



be



as



informal



3



with describing the characteristic of a



According to Moleong (2010:217)



particular individual or a group. In



document is divided into two types,



addition, Nazir (2014:43) states that



they are official documents and



a descriptive research is to describe



personal documents. In addition,



picture or draw the factual



Guba and Lincoln (1981:228) in



and



accurate facts in systematic and have



Moleong



a relationship with inter phenomena



distinguish between document and



that are being observed. It means that



record. Document is any written



the researcher explains the subject of



material or film that is not prepared,



the



should



while record is any written statement



describe anything in the subject



that is prepared for testing purpose.



without left the important point in



In this research, the researcher tried



subject of the research.



to



research



detail



and



The data of this research are



take



(2010:216-217)



the



document



He



from



www.azlyrics.com.



sentences or phrases which contain



The steps of data anlysis in this



slang words in sixth album of Black



research



Eyed Peas. The Black Eyed Peas is



techniques proposed by Seiddel in



an American group, consisting of



Moleong (2010:248), analysis of the



rapper will.i.am, apl.de.ap, Taboo,



data contained of three steps they



and Fergie. This group was founded



are:



in Los Angeles in 1995. It was



explaining



choosen by the researcher because



process of slang words found in sixth



there are many slang words that are



album of Black Eyed Peas. The



found in this album.



explanation of each step can be seen



In this research, the researcher



are



codding, the



taken



from



categorizing word



the



and



formation



as follow:



collects the data from lyric of songs



1. Codding of slang words



by Black Eyed Peas in sixth album,



In this step, the researcher



that album is named the beginning



give a code or mark the words



album.



contain of slang words in the



In collecting the data, the



researcher



documentation



lyrics of song by using a pen in



method, because those lyrics was



order to help the researcher easy



taken



to collect the data.



from



use



www.azlyrics.com.



4



2. Categorizing the types of word



into slang words because those



formation of slang



words not found in oxford dictionary



In this step, the researcher



and it found in the online slang



categorize the types of word



dictionary. In addition, those words



formation of slang In order to



are categorized as slang because they



make the reseacher easy in



are the creativity in creating new



analyzing



the



terms for the existing words, and



researcher is classified the types



they are only used by certain



of word processes in form of a



community. In this research, the



table. The table consist of types



community is Black Eyed Peas.



of word formation, they are;



There are several example of slang



derivation,



words that found in the album, they



clipping,



the



data,



compounding, acronym,



are gimme, till, gonna, gotta, lovin,



backformation,



conversion,



stoppin’, gettin, poppin’, nigga’,



reduplication,



suppletion,



neato, dope, DJ, holla, etc.



internal



blending,



change,



onomatopoeia, cliticization,



coinage,



After



inflection, borrowing,



collecting



the



slang



words in the sixth album of Black



and



Eyed Peas, the researcher analyzed



multiple process.



those slang words based on the types



3. Explaining the word formation



of word formation. The researcher used two theories, they are O’Grady



process of slang In this step, the researcher



and Archibald (2016) and Yule



explain about how slang words



(2006)



theories.



Based on two



found in sixth album of Black



theories above, there are sixteen



Eyed Peas are formed.



types of word formation process, which of each type has its own



FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION



definition. From sixteen types of After reading the lyric of songs



O’Grady and Archibald (2016) and



in sixth album of Black Eyed Peas,



Yule (2006) theories, the researcher



researcher found 61 data of slang in



found 7 types of words formation



the lyric of songs in the album. From



that forms the slang words in this



sixty one words in the lyric of songs,



album, they are multiple prosess,



the researcher categorize those words 5



derivation (in multiple process),



formation,



clipping, internal change, coinage,



clipping, derivation and



borrowing



blending. This word is



and



acronym.



The



they



are



following is the analysis of each



formed



types of slang word formation:



process of cutting off the



a. Multiple process According



through



the



end of the word give then to



Yule



adding



an



‘m’



infix ‘gim’



(2006:59), multiple processes



become



are the process of creating new



combine with term ‘me’



words through more than one



then produce it into a new



word formation process. He



single term. It can be seen



gives example



as follow:



of multiple



give → gi + m→ gim + me = gimme ↓ ↓ ↓ (clipping) (derivation) (blending)



processes such as the term deli becomes a common American English word which the first process is borrowing from German



then



2) Wanna



language



The word wanna is



then



slang word and it has the



clipping that borrowed form.



meaning want to. This



There are 9 multiple process



word is called multiple



found in forming slang words



process



in sixth album of Black Eyed



combining three types of



Peas. The following is the



word formation, they are



analysis of several word that is



clipping,



formed through this process:



blending. This word is



(delicatessen)



and



1) Gimme



formed



because



coinage



through



it



is



and



the



The word gimme is



process of cutting off the



slang word and it has the



end of the word want then



meaning give me. This



combine with term‘na’,



word is categorized as



then produce it into a new



multiple process because it



single term. The word ‘na’



used three types of word



is categorized as coinage



6



process because it is the



b. Clipping



invention totally new term



O’Grady and Archibald



of the old word ‘to’. It can



(2016:123) state that clipping



be seen as follow:



is



want → wan ↓



formation that shortens a word wanna ↓ (blending)



(clipping) to → na ↓



another



kind



by deleting



one



syllables.



In



of



or



word



more



addition,



according to Yule (2006:55), clipping is the process of



(coinage)



forming new word when a word of more than one syllable



3) Gotta is



is reduced to a shorter form,



slang word and it has the



usually beginning in casual



meaning got to. This word



speech.



Based



is categorized as multiple



above,



clipping



process



is



formation that cutting off the



combining two types of



front or the end of a word.



word formation, they are



There are 44 clipping process



internal



and



found in forming slang words



blending. This word is



in sixth album of Black Eyed



formed



the



Peas. The following is the



process of change off the



analysis of several word that is



end of the word to with ‘a’



formed through this process:



The



word



gotta



because



it



change



through



on



theories is



word



1) Gettin’



then combine word ‘got’ at the beginning of term ‘ta’,



The word gettin is



then produce it into a new



slang word and it has the



single term. It can be seen



meaning



as follow:



word



got



because



to → a → ta ↓ (internal change)



getting. called it



This



clipping was



is



shortening from originally



gotta ↓



word getting, but this word just cutting from spelling



(blending) 7



‘g’. It can be seen as



grammatical contrast. There



follow:



are 1 internal change process



getting→gettin+(‘) = gettin’



found in forming slang words



2) Havin’



in sixth album of Black Eyed



The word havin’ is



Peas, that is term nigga’. The



slang word and it has the



following is the analysis of



meaning



word nigga’ that is formed



word



having. used



This



clipping



through this process: The word nigga’ is slang



process because this word is



shortening



from



word and it has the meaning



originally word having,



nigger. It is categorized as



but this word just cutting



internal change because this



from spelling ‘g’. It can be



word



seen as follow:



originally word nigger. This



is



substituted



from



having→ havin+ (‘) = havin’



word is formed through the



3) Messin’



process of change the term ‘er’



The word messin’ is



at the end of the word nigger



slang word and it has the



with vowel ‘a’. It can be seen



meaning messing. It is



as follow:



Called clipping because



nigger→ nigga + (‘) = nigga’



this word is shortening from



originally



a



word



↓ (internal change)



messing, but this word just cutting from spelling ‘g’.



d. Coinage According to O’Grady and



It can be seen as follow: messing→ messin+ (‘) = messin’



Archibald (2016:119), coinage



c. Internal change



is a process of creating a new



According to O’Grady and



word from scratch. In addition



Archibald (2016: 119), internal



by Yule (2006:53) states that



change



that



coinage is one of the least



substitutes one non-morphemic



common processes of word



segment for another to mark a



formation in English that is the



is



a



process



8



invention of totally new terms,



existing



which can possibly come from



excellent. The slang dope



the old to the new uses. From



is used to replace the term



theories above, coinage is the



excellent.



processes of word formation by



3) Honey



coining from existing thing to



The



word



word



that



honey



is



is



represent a new invention or



slang word and it has the



development.



meaning



coinage



There



process



are



found



5



dear.



Called



in



coinage because this word



forming slang words in sixth



the invention totally new



album of Black Eyed Peas. The



term or word for existing



following is the analysis of



word that is dear. The



several word that is formed



slang honey is used to



through this process:



replace the term dear.



1) Neato



e. Borrowing



The word neato is slang word



and



the



borrowing is one of the word



meaning excellent. It is



formation processes to create e



categorized



coinage



new word by taking them from



this word the



other languages. It is one of the



invention totally new term



most common sources of new



or word for existing word



words in English. There is 1



that is excellent. The slang



borrowing process found in



neato is used to replace the



forming slang words in sixth



term excellent.



album of Black Eyed Peas, that



because



it



as



has



Based on Yule (2006:55),



2) Dope



is term holla. The following is



The word dope is slang word



and



it



has



the analysis of word holla that



the



is formed through this process:



meaning excellent. It is



The word holla is slang



called coinage because this



word and it has the meaning



word the invention totally



hello. It is categorized as



new term or word for



borrowing process because this



9



word



is



usually



by



is formed by taking initial



Hawaiian people. It is mean



leters of D from disk word and



that, the term holla is addopted



J from jockey in phrase disk



from



language,



jockey and reading them as a



which meaning in English



new word. It is called acronym



hello.



because this word is formed



f. Acronym



from the initial letters of a set



Hawaiian



used



O’Grady and Archibald



of other words. it can be seen



(2016:126) state that acronyms



as follow:



are



Disk → D



other



kinds



of



word



DJ → (acronym)



formation processes formed by Jockey → J



taking the initial letters of some or all of the words in a



CONCLUSION



phrase or litle and reading them as a word. In addition, Yule



(2006:57)



acronyms



are



states new



Communication



that



is



an



important thing in human’s life.



words



Communication is being important



formed from the initial letters



thing



of a set of other words. From



in



human’s



life



because



through communication, people can



theories above, acronym is a



express their ideas and their opinions



word formation process by



about something to another people.



taking the initial letters of all of



Then,



words. There is 1 acronym



through



communication



people can supply their needs. Slang



process found in forming slang



is non-standard use of language



words in sixth album of Black



which usually created by teenagers



Eyed Peas, that is term DJ. The



then the usage of them spreading



following is the analysis of



through many media. Slang it self



word DJ that is formed through



sometimes is too difficult to be



this process:



understood and do not know how the



The word DJ is slang word



slang words is formed. Therefore, the



and it is consists from the



new words or slang are created in



phrase Disk Jockey. This term



10



some



processes



called



word



derivation (in multiple process),



formation process.



clipping, internal change, coinage,



Nowadays, slang words are not



borrowing and acronym. The type of



only found in everyday conversation,



word formation processes which was



but also in movies, novels, comics,



mostly used the album is clipping



magazines, and lyric of songs. Slang



process such as gettin’, havin’, lovin,



become something inspiration for



screamin’ and so on.



musician. The most of musician who ACKNOWLEDGEMENT



write their song use slang word. Researcher found slang words used



To complete this thesis the



in lyrics of songs by Black Eyed



researcher has obtained a plentiful



Peas in sixth album, that album is



guidence, help, suggestions, and



named the beginning album. Then,



constructive



critics



the



people.



this



researcher



is



curious



to



In



from



many



ocassion,



the



investigate slang words as found in



researcher expresses special thaks



sixth album of Black Eyed Peas and



and appreciation from the deepest



how they are formed.



heart to her advisors Yulmiati, S.S.,



In conducting this research, the researcher



used



O’Grady



M.Pd and Melati Theresia, S.S.,



and



M.Hum, who have shared their



Archibald (2016) and Yule (2006)



valuable



theories about word formation in



guidance with all their patience and



determining the



wisdom in completing this thesis.



word



formation



time,



knowledge,



and



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