An Analysis of Word Formation Process in I Am Malala Novel by Malala Yousafzai

Abstract

The aim of this thesis is to find the used of the types and the most dominant types of word formation process in I Am Malala novel by Malala Yousafzai. This is a qualitative descriptive research by Miles and Huberman (2014). The data is in the form of word which experience word formation process. The words were analized by using O‟Grady and Guzman (2010) theory. From the analysis, the writer found 12 from 14 word formation types process with the classifying. 33 of Borrowing (3,09%), 130 of Compounding (12,17%), 4 of Reduplication (0,37%), 318 of Inflection (29,78%), 34 of Suppletion (3,18%), 75 of Internal Change (7,02%), 5 of Coinage (0,47%), 5 of Onomatopoeia (0,47%), 53 of Acronyms (4,97%), 5 of Clipping (0,47%) ,14 of Back Formation (1,31%), and 392 of Derivation (36,70%). Also found the most dominant type is Derivation. It has 36,70% of the total term. The total of Derivation is 392 words from total 1.068 words.

Tujuan dari skirpsi ini adalah untuk menemukan jenis-jenis pengunaan proses pembentukan dan jenis-jenis proses pembentukan kata yang paling dominan didalam novel I Am Malala karya Malala Yousafzai. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian deskriptif kualitatif oleh Miles dan Huberman (2014). Data berupa kata yang mengalami proses pembentukan kata. Kata-kata tersebut dianalisis dengan menggunakan teori O‟Grady dan Guzman (2010). Dari hasil analisis, ditemukan 12 dari 14 jenis proses pembentukan kata dengan pengklasifikasian: 33 Borrowing (3,09%), 130 Compounding (12,17%), 4 Reduplication (0,37%), 318 Inflection (29,78%), 34 Suppletion (3,18%), 75 Internal Change (7,02%), 5 Coinage (0,47%), 5 Onomatopoeia (0,47%), 53 Acronyms (4,97%), 5 Clipping (0,47%), 14 Back Formation (1,31%), dan 392 Derivation (36,70%). Juga ditemukan jenis yang paling dominan yaitu Derivation yang memiliki 36,70% dari total data. Total Derivation adalah 392 kata dari total 1.068 kata.