AN ANALYSIS OF WORD FORMATION PROCESS OF TERMS IN COVID-19 PANDEMIC

MAIMUNAH, Sarmidi (2023) AN ANALYSIS OF WORD FORMATION PROCESS OF TERMS IN COVID-19 PANDEMIC. Diploma thesis, UIN RADEN INTAN LAMPUNG.

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Abstract

ABSTRACT The process of word formation is part of morphology where morphology is also a branch of linguistics. This research was deliberately carried out by utilizing phenomena that are familiar to the public. The reason for conducting this research is because there are still many people who lack knowledge about the process of word formation which can cause misunderstandings in their meaning. This research is a qualitative research that aims to identify the types of word formation process of terms in Covid-19 pandemic, to describe the mechanism of word formation process of terms in Covid�19 pandemic, and to identify the most common type of word formation process of terms in Covid-19 pandemic. To complete this research, the researcher used descriptive qualitative as a research design and document analysis technique as a data collection technique. The researcher as a research instrument obtained data from a document entitled “Daftar Penyederhanaan Istilah Terkait Covid�19” by IPPI (Ikatan Penerjemah Pemerintah Indonesia) as a research subject, then the researcher analyzed the terms contained in the document using the word formation process theory from Yule (2010). From this study, the researcher obtained 48 data that were categorized into seven types of word formation processes, namely 2 coinage data with a percentage of 4.16%, 6 compounding data with a percentage of 12.5%, 2 blending data with a percentage of 4.16%, 2 conversion data with a percentage of 4.16%, 5 acronym data with a percentage of 10.4%, 19 derivation data with a percentage of 39.5%, and 12 multiple processes data with a percentage of 25%. From this description, it can be concluded that derivation is the word formation process most commonly used in terms of the Covid-19 pandemic. Keywords: Covid-19 Pandemic

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