Abstract
This study aims at identifying and describing the process of Word Formation in The Oprah Winfrey talkshow . This is qualitative research since the data were collected in the form of word not in number. The data is collected through by taking notes then underlining the data concerning word formation from the talkshow’s transcript. The instrument of this research were, researcher herself, and the talkshow transcript. The data were analyzed by following the steps of Miles and Huberman (1994:10-11) procedur such as data reduction, data display and conclusion drawing/verivication. The result shows that the process of word formation in The Oprah Winfrey’s talkshow contained derivation and compounding. The example of derivation are the words reader, producer, and homeless, and the example of compounding such as standout, moreover, and outside. The derivation process is mostly used rather than the compounding. It is suggested to the coming researcher to do the analysis of word formation process in another types of word formation. Keywords: Word Formation, The Oprah Winfrey Talkshow, Derivation, Compounding.
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