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A Linguistic Study of Derivational and Inflectional Morphology in Folklore’s Lyric Composition Ko, Seung Youl; Lodong, Agnechia Friska Rivalny
PROJECT (Professional Journal of English Education) Vol. 8 No. 5 (2025): VOLUME 8 NUMBER 5, SEPTEMBER 2025
Publisher : IKIP Siliwangi

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This study aims to explore derivational and inflectional word-formation processes, including regular and irregular forms in the song lyrics of Taylor Swift’s Folklore album. It addresses two research questions: (1) What are the types of derivational and inflectional morphemes found in the lyrics? and (2) How do these morphemes contribute to the overall word formation in the lyrics? A total of 16 songs were selected from Taylor Swift’s official YouTube Music channel to ensure authenticity and credibility. Employing a descriptive-qualitative research method, each song was analyzed word by word to identify words of derivational or inflectional word formation. The selected words were organized by song and categorized accordingly into each table on Google Sheets. Duplicated entries were eliminated to retain only one representative word for each song. The total number of words and each word formation were exhibited in Table 1, and each representative word from each subtype was arranged in Table 2, followed by a detailed morphological analysis in the discussion. Findings reveal regular inflectional morphemes such as -ed, -s, -est, etc., and irregular forms like was, were, didn’t, etc. Derivational morphemes included -ness, -ly, -tion, etc. Furthermore, several words exhibited combined word formations, such as convictions.
An Analysis of The Occurrence of Phrasal Verbs in Song Lyrics of Lana Del Rey Budiono, Shantika Yose Videla; Lodong, Agnechia Friska Rivalny
Innovative: Journal Of Social Science Research Vol. 5 No. 4 (2025): Innovative: Journal Of Social Science Research
Publisher : Universitas Pahlawan Tuanku Tambusai

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A phrasal verb consists of two or three words that work together as a single grammatical unit. In this study, the researcher focuses on the syntactic and semantic analysis of phrasal verbs found in Lana Del Rey's song lyrics. The purpose of this study is to analyze the types of phrasal verbs found in Lana Del Rey's song lyrics and to examine how these phrasal verbs are constructed syntactically and semantically. This study uses a descriptive qualitative method. The data for this study are song lyrics from Lana Del Rey's album Born to Die. The instrument used in this study is tabulation. This study obtained song lyrics from Lana Del Rey's official account on Spotify and then highlighted the lines containing phrasal verbs. Lana Del Rey was chosen for this study because of the success of her albums, which have topped the Billboard charts in the United States. This study is expected to help readers enrich their vocabulary and serve as an example or additional reference for other researchers who wish to analyze phrasal verbs in song lyrics as part of their research. This study is also beneficial for students studying phrasal verbs. There are 8 phrasal verbs found in Lana Del Rey's album Born to Die. The most commonly used type is the intransitive-inseparable phrasal verb. Based on this data, we can identify the presence of phrasal verbs in the song lyrics and distinguish between phrasal verbs and verb phrases in song lyrics.