Proposal
Proposal
TIKTOK
IFFAH AL HIKMAH
(F022202004)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
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CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
In this chapter, the researcher presents some elements starting from the background of
the research, research question, objective of the research, significances of the research.
A. Background
globalization works to facilitate and provide for communication and human convenience to
obtain information. One of the developments in information technology is social media. Social
media have been growing rapidly during the past decade. However, social media does not
There are some flatforms known nowadays, those are namely Instagram, facebook, and
tiktok. Instagram is a photo social application with functions of photo shooting, photo
beautifying and sharing, Jin et all (2015, p.20). Kosinski et all said that (2015, p.3), facebook
is rapidly gaining recognition as a powerful research tool for the social sciences. It constitutes
a large and diverse pool of participants, who can be selectively recruited for both online and
offline studies. Additionally, it facilitates data collection by storing detailed records of its users’
demographic profiles, social interactions, and behaviors. Tiktok is a new media platform,
Montag et all (2021) said that TikTok (in Chinese: DouYin; formerly known as musical.ly)
currently represents one of the most successful Chinese social media applications in the world.
Since its founding in September 2016, TikTok has seen widespread distribution, in particular,
on the app.
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Social media have result in appearing of new words in a language. Social media are
believed to have contribution in creating some new words which are related to word formation
types (Adriyana 2021,p.39). However, word formation process in tiktok is differerence with
another word formation process in language such as morphological process. The process of
word formation can be see in the examples of fyp (for you page), pick me girl, pov (point of
view).
The study of word formation is dealt in morphology. Booij (2012, p.257) suggested that
morphology is the study of word formation, including the process of new word creation in the
languages of the world, and the way of forming new words are various depending on how
words are use in sentences. As a native speaker of Indonesian, writer has wonder about
knowledge of how Indonesian new words in social media are form, and every day we find and
Some people know how to use the words, the language use in TikTok in particular, but
they may not know how those words are created. The creation of any new words are made
B. Research Question
In order to get insightful understanding about the formation process about tiktok. The
Based on the research questions of the research above, the researcher set the objective of
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1. To identify the most types of word formation are mostly used in Tiktok
The researcher takes some significance that related to this research. Those are :
1. Theoretical significance
readers as well as useful for those in need, especially in the form of linguistics like
morphology. This research is important to enrich the readers about the Word Formation
in TikTok.
2. Practical significance
This research expects to help the reader in understanding linguistics itself more
This research focuses on word formation process in TIktok. The data will obtain through
document analysis use theory by Delahunty and Garvey (2010) and Plag (2003). The researcher
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CHAPTER II
A. Previous Studies
A number of researches that have been conducting research about word formation
process.Firstly, Luthfiyati (2017) in her research entitle the analysis of word formation
processes in the Jakarta Post Website. The process of word formation in creation of new
English words is called derivation, one of the language phenomenon is in the practice of
language used in online news specifically Jakarta Post Website. The Jakarta Post is one of the
daily Indonesian that has used is English language. The Jakarta post presented with various
of news, such as sport, entertainment, education, etc. The purpose of this study is
identifying the most common type of derivation words that is used in the headline of ten
education articles in ‟Jakarta Post Website‟‟ in October 2015 until April 2016. This study
uses qualitative method. The result show that the most common of derivation words that is
used in headline ten article educationsin ‟‟Jakarta Post Website‟‟ in October 2015 until April
2016 is noun derivations. The researcher used qualitative research method. The writer found
17 adjective derivation words, 26 noun derivation words and 9 verb derivation words and total
The next researcher, Mustafa (2015) in her research entitle an analysis formation process
in everyday communication on Facebook. This study aimed at looking the most common word
formation process among Malaysian Facebook users. The main objectives are to describe the
common features of word formation process used by Malaysian young adult Facebook users
and identify the causes for employing these features on Facebook communication. The result
showed that the participants used three most common word formation processes; abbreviation
(clipping, acronyms and combination of letters), blending and the use of emoticons in everyday
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communication on Facebook. Abbreviation found as the most common word formation process
among the three features with 73%. There are several reasons of this occurrence identified
through online interview of the participants. Almost all the participants provided similar
reasons for employing these features. Mainly, the participants intend to save time, fill the
communication gap or barrier among the users, indicate the group membership and show some
excitements that represent the emotions and feelings through communicating on Facebook.
The third, Puturuhu (2021) his researchers title about word formation processes in the song
Edamame by BBNO$ ft Rich Brian. He further stated that word formation is a morphological
process where new words are produced or modified and become a part of the language. This
morphology process can be found in a song that uses colloquial English. Song is a short of
musical composition of words and music. There are many genres of the song. One of them is
a Hip-Hop song. Example of a Hip-Hop song is Edamame by bbno$ ft. Rich Brian recently
went viral on Tik-Tok. Since the writer combined some words that become phrases while the
writer wrote the lyrics. The researchers analyze the data collected from the lyrics of Edamame
using a morphological approach and descriptive qualitative method. This research discussed
how the words are formed in Edamame by bbno$ ft. Rich Brian’s lyrics. From the analysis, the
researchers found eight words formation processes, which are acronyms, blending, borrowing,
compounding, conversion, clipping, derivational, and multiple processes. The researchers also
found that clipping dominates the song lyrics since the song is a Hip-Hop genre. The song
writer or the singer uses clipping words because Edamame has a fast-paced rhythm and clipped
some letters in the word because the genre of the song is Hip-Hop/Rap that mostly uses slang
words. The purpose of using colloquial language so that the listener can imagine easily and
The last researcher is Oktavia and Zaim (2022), in their research tittle is about An Analysis
of Word Formation Processes Used by Food Vloggers. The aim of this research is to analyze
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and to find out the types and the most dominant types of word formation process of words
related to food used by food vloggers. The data of this research were utterances from the food
vloggers namely Luke Martin, Trevor James, Mark Wiens, Mina Oh, Mike Chen, and Sonny
Side in their vlogs on YouTube. The data were analyzed based on several word formation
process theories. This research used descriptive method. Based on the data analysis, the result
of this researchers are 196 words containing the word formation process related to food and 7
out of 11 types of word formation process. They are (1) borrowing, (2) compounding, (3)
clipping, (4) conversion, (5) derivation, (6) inflection, and (7) multiple process. The finding
shows that this research is dominated with borrowing process with the frequency of 60 data
(31%) .
From all previous studies above it was found that similarities and differences between the
previous researchers and the present research. The similarity with the four previous studies and
this research on the theory used. While. the differences with four previous studies above is the
object of the analysis. The first researcher uses Jakarta Post Website by as an object analysis.
The second researcher uses Malaysian Facebook users as the object of the analysis. The third
researcher uses the song Edamame by BBNO$ FT. Rich Brian as the object of the analysis.
The last researcher used by food vloggers Here, the writer will use Tiktok as the different object
of analysis.
B. Morphology
The etimology of morphology is Greek : morp- means ‘shape, form’, and morphology is
the study of form. In biology, morphology refers to the study of the form and structure of
organism, and in geology it refers to the study of the configuration and evolution of land
forms. In linguistics morphology referes to the mental system involved in word formation or
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to the branch of linguistics that deals with words, their internal structure, and how they are
Morphology is the study of the internal structure of words. It is concerned with the forms
of lexemes (inflection) and the processes by which lexemes are generated (word-formation).
Patterns of the form-meaning relationship between existing words are used to create new
words. Morphology cannot be thought of as 'the syntax of morphemes' or syntax below the
word level' unless there are paradigmatic links between words. Morphology contributes to the
expansion of a language's lexicon or the collection of established words, but it is not the only
source of lexical units, nor is it the source of all complex words, which also emerge through
The lexicon, an abstract linguistic idea separated from the notions 'dictionary' and mental
lexicon,' lists the established (simple and complex) words of a language. Morphological rules
serve two purposes: they outline the predictable qualities of the complex words in the lexicon
and show how new words and word forms can be created.
After defining what morphology is, it is important to define the scope of the study. It is
indeed talking about words but the scope may be larger than what we think. If you think that
morphology will only talk about nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs like what we learn in
grammar, this book may be thinner. In morphology, we learn about the structure of words,
which means that we learn about parts of the words (later we will know it is called morpheme),
how to form the words from a single lexeme through affixation (we will learn it through
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inflectional and derivational morphology), how words are formed (productivity of words) and
how its parts can contribute to its meaning. . (Rahayu, 2021, p.3)
What motivates linguists to pursue morphology? The first reason is that it is the
responsibility of linguists to describe and analyze the world's languages as correctly and
language and, require a set of description tools. Morphology provides such tools in the form of
a set of analytic ideas. Linguists' second purpose is to create a typology of languages: what are
the dimensions along which languages differ, and how are these dimensions of variation related
and restricted? Do all languages have morphology, and if so, what sorts of morphology do they
languages?
Third, morphology is an investigation into the nature of linguistic systems, and thus
human, natural language. Morphology, for example, clearly demonstrates that linguistic
structure has two axes, a syntagmatic axis and a paradigmatic axis. Morphology is also used to
gain a better grasp of the nature of linguistic rules and the internal organization of natural
language grammar. As a result, we may learn more about the architecture of the human
language faculty as well as the nature of rule-governed innovation in the domain of language.
Finally, morphology can help us understand how linguistic rules work in language
perception and production, as well as how linguistic knowledge is mentally represented. This
topic is illuminated by both psychological and historical facts. Thus, morphology contributes
to the larger goals of cognitive science, which investigates human cognitive abilities. (Rahayu,
2021, p.4)
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C. Word Formation Processes
Morphology constitutes the study of morphemes and their different forms (allomorphs)
and the way they combine in word formation (Richards, Platt & Weber (1985, p. 184). Plag
(2003) divides word formation process into four kinds such as compounding, abbreviation,
blending, and affixation. Delahunty and Garvey (2010), on the other hand, propose that word
formation process includes coinage, conversion, acronym, borrowing. In this research, the
researcher will be use the theory of word formation process from both Plag (2003) and
1. Compounding
Compounding refers to combining two or more words to create new word forms. Plag
(2003) says that compound is built of two (or more) independent words. It has (at least in their
original form) a meaning that involves those of their components. Compounding is other type
joining of two separate words to produce a single form. Then, Delahunty and Garvey (2010)
say that compounding is the process of word formation by combining two words into a new
form. In simple word, compounding defined as combination of some lexical categories such as
adjectives, nouns, verbs, or prepositions, in purpose of constructing a larger unit of word. This
combining process is very common in English. For example, home and work become
homework; fastfood → fast (adjective and adverb) + food (noun), textbook → text (noun) +
book (noun); highlight →high (adjective) + light (verb). Thus, a catfish is a kind of fish sharing
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2. Abbreviation
Plag (2003) says that the element of reduction that is noticeable in blending is even more
apparent in the process described as clipping. In addition, according to Delahunty and Garvey
(2010), abbreviation is the process of word formation by dropping part of the word itself.
Abbreviation is also defined as the process of word formation derived from the word that has
more than one syllable. Besides, Yule (2006) says that clipping is a process of reducing some
elements in a word, which occurs when a word of more than one syllable is reduced to a shorter
form. O’Grady and Guzman (1996) assume abbreviation as a process where a polysyllabic
word is eliminated its one or more syllable so that it becomes shorter. For example, professor
– prof, sister – sis, brother-bro: examination ↔ exam, gasoline ↔ gas, gymnasium ↔ gym,
phone
3. Blending
new term. Additionally, according to Delahunty and Garvey (2010) blending is a process of
joining two separate words to create a single new word. Blending is the process of forming
words by combining two or more words by eliminating certain sections. Similarly, Yule (2010)
says that this process combines two separate forms to produce a single new term. It takes only
the beginning of one word and joins it to the end of the other word that is typically blending.
Besides, O’Grady and Guzman (1996) say that blending is two words in which their non-
morphemic components are mixed into one. However, blending is typically accomplished by
taking only the beginning of one word and joining it to the end of other word. Some examples
that we can find in daily conversation are the words of smog which is a combination of word
smoke and fog. For instance: motor + hotel → motel, prim + sissy → prissy , simultaneous +
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broadcast → simulcast, smoke + fog → smog, Spanish + English → Spanglish ,spoon + fork
→ spork
4. Affixation
morpheme or form (Matthews, 2009, p. 131; Jensen, 1990, p. 63). Plag (2003) reveals
affixation is the process of creating a new word out of an old word, usually by adding a prefix
formation through the addition affixation through prefixes and suffixes. The resulting new
word will have a different meaning of the word essentially. For instance, the word happy when
According to Byrd and Mints (2010). In English, there are four main types of affixation
4.1.Prefixes
Initially, one of the four types of affixation is called as prefixes. Prefixes can be defined
as one or more letters attached at the beginning of the root word in order to change its
meaning or its grammatical function. It can be said that prefixes are involved at the
initial part of the root word (Asiyanbola, 2010). Prefix is classified into three types
One of those three classified types of prefixes is number prefixes. Number prefixes
mean a prefix that is attached at the beginning of the root word in order to indicate the
numeral of something. The examples of the number prefixes will be shown in the table
below:
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Table 4.1 Examples of Number Prefixes
Beside number prefixes, negative prefixes also classified as one of the three types of
prefixes. Negative prefixes mean a prefix that is attached also at the beginning of the
root word in order to generally indicate the negative meaning of the new word. For
example:
Another group of prefixes is the relationship prefixes which mean a prefix that is
attached at the beginning of the root word in order to indicate that the meaning of the
new word has a relationship to the meaning of the prefix that attached. For example:
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Table 4.3 Examples of Relationship Prefixes
4.2.Suffixes
Then, the other type of affixation is those affixes attached to the end of the root word
which is called as suffixes. Suffixes can be defined as one or more letters attached at
the end of the root word in order to change its meaning or its grammatical function. In
other words, suffixes are those affixes involved at the end part of the root word that can
change the word class of the root word (Asiyanbola, 2010). Suffix is classified into five
types which are noun suffixes, person suffixes, verb suffixes, adjective suffixes, and
adverb suffixes.
Suffixes attached at the end of the root word and change its function to be a noun are
called as noun suffixes. The examples of noun suffixes are provided in the table below:
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Table 4.4 Examples of Noun Suffixes
In the other case, the suffixes attached at the end of the root word in order to indicate it
as a person who does something, related to the root word which is usually a verb, are
called as person suffixes. The examples of person suffixes are provided in the table
below:
Moreover, the suffixes attached at the end of the root word in order to change its
function from noun or adjective into verb are called as verb suffixes. The examples of
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Table 4.6 Examples of Verb Suffixes
Furthermore, the suffixes attached at the end of the root word in order to change its
function from noun or verb into adjective are called as adjective suffixes. The examples
Another suffix is that the suffix attached at the end of the root word in order to indicate
it as adverb is called as adverb suffixes. The examples of the adverb suffixes are shown
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4.3. Infixes
Beside attached to the beginning or the end of the root word, the affixation also can
be attached inside of the root words, this process is called as infixes. According to
Byrd and Mints (2010), infixes can be defined as an affixation attached inside a root
word which usually the root word consists of two or more words. It can be said that
infixes are surrounded by portions of the root word at the beginning or the end of it.
informal writing or speaking as slang word that is not used in polite situation. The
4.4.Circumfixes
Finally, another type of affixation is the affixation attached to both the beginning and
the end of the root word which is called as circumfixes. Moreover, it can be said that
circumfix is the combination of prefix and suffix attached together to the root word to
make a new single word (Byrd & Mints, 2010). The examples of the circumfixes are
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Table 4.10 Examples of Circumfixes
5. Coinage
According to Delahunty and Garvey (2010) coinage is the process of forming word which
is from brand name or product. This phenomenon is especially common in cases where industry
requires a new and attractive name for a product. According to Yule (2010), coinage is the
invention of totally new term. The most typical sources are invented trade names for one
company’s products that become general terms. Coinage often found in word manufacture in
industrial fields that needs a name for goods. As O’Grady and Guzman (1996) mention in the
context of word manufacture or coinage, this phenomenon can be found generally in industrial
field that needs a latest and eye-catching name for goods. Coinage is also derived from taking
the name of individual. For instance, Aqua, Samsung, Asus, Honda and so on.
6. Conversion
Delahunty and Garvey (2010) mention that conversion is a word of one type (usually a
noun) which is reducing a form to word of another type (usually a verb). According to Yule
(2010) a change in the function of a word, for example when a noun comes to be used as a verb
process whereby the noun “burglar” used and then the verb ‘burgle’ is created from it. Other
examples of words created by this process are ‘donate’ (from “donation”), ‘emote’ (from
“emotion”), ‘enthuse’ (from “enthusiasm”), ‘liaise’ (from “liaison”) and ‘babysit’ (from
“babysitter”). According to O'Grady and Guzman (1996: p. 157), conversion is the process
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assigns as already existing word to a new syntactic category. Conversion is identified zero
derivation because there is a change in class and meaning without adding or reduces the affixes
a) Verb derived from Noun ship (the package), button (the shirt), permit (a building), survey
c) Verb derived from Adjective dry (the clothes), empty (the box), open
(a door).
7. Acronyms
Vlietstra (2012) says, “the acronyms are listed in capital letters”. Besides, According to
Delahunty and Garvey (2010) acronyms are new words formed from the initial letters of a set
of other words. There are the examples of acronyms ASAP (as soon as possible), NASA
8. Borrowing
According to Delahunty and Garvey (2010), borrowing is the process of word formation
by borrowing or taking vocabulary of other languages. For Indonesian language, there are some
words that come from other language such as word of guru which borrows from Hindi and
word of ‘trotoar’ which is borrowed from French. Yule (2006) assumes borrowing is the
process of taking over words from other languages. Throughout history, the English language
has adopted a vast number of loan-words from other languages. For instance: tycoon (Japanese)
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D. TikTok
According to Mou (2020, p.6) TikTok became popular platforms for marketing campaigns
because of the content being shared on these platforms are short, fun, trendy, creative and
highly interactive. In addition, Maroof (2021, p.198) said TikTok has emerged as an
application that has a micro-video featured. TikTok is one of smartphone application which
has to be provided into the creative, image-based online life of young people. Instagram is a
social networking application (app) which allows its users to share videos.If users update their
videos in Tiktok, users can write the title in their video that they created, the comments are
E. Conceptual Framework
Word formation
processes
Delahunty, Garvey,
and Plag principles
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CHAPTER III
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
A. Research Design
The researcher will use a descriptive qualitative method design that focuses on analyzing
some data. Qualitative method is a kind of research procedure that generates descriptive data
in words. In this research, the writer analyzes word formation processes based on the data
In order to collect the data for this research, an instrumen of any kind is used. The
researchers instrument is a tool used to collect data of the research. The researchers will use an
Data is information collected through the research. To obtain reliable data, the researcher
must employ some data collection techniques. The technique used to collect data is an
important step in research because the research aims to collect data. Data can be collected in a
range of environments, from a variety of sources, and in a variety of ways. Doing qualitative
research has come to represent “collecting data in the form of naturalistic verbal reports”
The researcher will use some techniques of analyzing data to answer the research questions
1. The researcher analyzes word formation processes based on the data which are obtained
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2. After the data obtained is more specific, the next is present the data based on the type of
3. The final step is to conclude. After analyzing the data, the researcher makes a conclusion
that reflects the main point of the analysis types of word formation processes use in TikTok.
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