期刊名称：K@ta: A Biannual Publication on the Study of Language and Literature
印刷版ISSN：1411-2639
出版年度：2020
卷号：22
期号：1
DOI：10.9744/kata.22.1.10-16
语种：English
出版社：Petra Christian University
摘要：This study attempts to find out the word formation process of slang words found in the lyrics of Drake’s songs. This research applies descriptive qualitative research design. The theory of the 18 types of word formation process based on the synthesized theories from Yule (2010), Mattielo (2008), O’Grady, Aronoff, & Dobrovolsky (1997) is used as guidelines. This study finds out that there were 190 slang words existing in the lyrics of the songs. They are respectively categorized into clipping (27%), coinage (25%), multiple process (22%), compounding (18%), reduplicatives (2%), variation (2%), borrowing (1%), blending (1%), acronym and initialism (1%), reversed forms (0.5%), and onomatopoeia (0.5%). It can be inferred that the lyrics of Drake’s songs most dominantly use slangs that are formed respectively through clipping, coinage, multiple processes, compounding, reduplicatives process, variation, borrowing, blending, acronym and initialism, reversed forms, and onomatopoeia.
