ACRONYMY AND BLENDING

Acronymy

This is the process when all the words that combine in a title are shortened to only the initials or first few letters of each. Acronymy is a word that is formed by combining some parts (usually the first letters) of some other terms. Dictionary Language and Linguistic, Hartman (1973: 1) menyatakan bahwa “acronyms are words formed from the initial letters of the words in phrase.”. Dalam Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia memberikan batasan akronim sebagai kependekan yang berupa gabungan

huruf atau suku kata atau bagian lain yang ditulis dan dilafalkan sebagai kata yang wajar (Moeliono dkk., 1994: 4).

Jadi, dari beberapa arti yang telah dikemukakan para ahli dapat kita simpulkan :

1.      akronim merupakan kependekan yang berupa gabungan huruf atau suku kata;  

2.      akronim ditulis dan dilafalkan seperti kata.

Acronymy may remain alphabetism where pronounciation consists of a set of letters. For examples :

-          CD ( Compact Disk )

-          ATM ( Automatic Teller Machine )

-          IQ ( Intelligence Quotient )

-          USA ( United State of America )

-          MC ( Master of Ceremonies )

-          SMK ( Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan )

Acronymy may be pronounced as single word ( Capitalized ), examples :

-          AIDS  ( Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome )

-          NATO ( North Atlantic Treaty Organization )

-          NASA ( National Aeronautics and Space Association )

-          UNILAK ( Universitas Lancang Kuning )

Acronymy may be pronounced as single word ( Un-capitalized )

-          Radar ( radio detecting and ranging )

-          Laser ( light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation )

-          Tilang ( bukti pelanggaran )

-          Rudal ( peluru kendali )

Blending

Blending is the word formation process in which parts of two or more words combine to create a new word whose meaning is often a combination of the original words. For example:

·         advertisement + entertainment → advertainment

·         biographical + picture → biopic

·         breakfast + lunch → brunch

·         chuckle + snort → chortle

·         cybernetic + organism → cyborg

·         guess + estimate → guesstimate

·         hazardous + material → hazmat

·         motor + hotel → motel

·         prim + sissy → prissy

·         simultaneous + broadcast → simulcast

·         smoke + fog → smog

·         Spanish + English → Spanglish

·         spoon + fork → spork

·         telephone + marathon → telethon

·         web + seminar → webinar

References :

-http://www.brighthubeducation.com/esl-lesson-plans/59679-forming-new-words-compounds-clipping-and-blends/

-https://www.google.co.id/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fimage.slidesharecdn.com%2Fprocessesofwordformation-120119062412-phpapp02%2F95%2Fprocesses-of-word-formation-16-728.jpg%3Fcb%3D1326954417&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.slideshare.net%2Ffurrakhabbas%2Fprocesses-of-word-formation&docid=XdINjvxaCr6nuM&tbnid=UQb8zbsnUAJH7M%3A&w=728&h=546&bih=633&biw=1366&ved=0ahUKEwiEg-3QtOjMAhXFKJQKHeiFAlUQMwgfKAUwBQ&iact=mrc&uact=8

-Baskaran, Loga Mahesan. 2005. A Linguistic Primer for Malaysians. Kuala Lumpur : University of Malaya Press