WORD FORMATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA

Abstract

The research aims to analyze word-formation processes on Social Media. This research used a qualitative method that expanded the research by observing events and phenomena happening around us. This research also collects data by observing the incident that happens across social media in general. Analysis carried out based on materials related to semantic theory.  The results obtained from this research are that there are several examples of each word formation process, two examples for borrowing, two examples for coinage, two examples for compounding, two examples for acronyms, one example for blending, two examples for clipping, and no examples for back formation were found and conversion too, as well as two  examples for inflection and two examples for derivation.