Briliant: Jurnal Riset dan Konseptual
Vol 9 No 1 (2024): Volume 9 Nomor 1, Februari 2024

The Analysis of Word Formation Process in Song Album “Traumazine” by Megan Thee Stallion

Delsi Fadilah Anjelia (Universitas Bina Darma)
Muhammad Iqbal Ramdhani (Universitas Bina Darma)



Article Info

Publish Date
06 Feb 2024

Abstract

Songs can be used to express ideas or emotions, or even as a way for people to communicate with one another. One area of linguistics, morphology, deals with how language structure might be used to analyze meanings or feelings in song lyrics. In this study, the word formation process for the song Megan Thee Stallion from the album “Traumazine” will be analyze. Descriptive research is the qualitative method employed in this study. The word formation hypothesis of George Yule (2019) is used by the researcher. The 18 songs on Megan Thee Stallion’s album “Traumazine” provided the source of the data used in this research. The “traumazine” album by Megan Thee Stallion contains 8 of the 14 different kinds of word formation process that were examined in this study. This study discovered 34 data on word formation process. There are three data from borrowing, seven from ccompounding, three from blending, ten from clipping, one each from hypocorisms and backformation, eight from acronyms, and one from multiple processes. Based on the findings, Megan Thee Stallion’s song albu ‘Traumazine” most dominantly uses the clipping process to create words

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Journal Info

Abbrev

BRILIANT

Publisher

Subject

Civil Engineering, Building, Construction & Architecture Computer Science & IT Education

Description

BRILIANT : Jurnal Riset dan Konseptual published by Universitas Nahdlatul Ulama Blitar. Published four times a year in print and online. Journals are published every three months, in February, May, August and November. The article topics contained in this journal are the results of research and ...