Word Formation of New Terms in Adobe Photoshop Program: Implication for the Teaching English Vocabulary

The development of technology may impact educational field. Research on technology and language learning shows that technology may provide some opportunities for students to get an easy access in information, integrated learning, and easy way to practice what they learn. The language created in the computer program can be used as a communication tool for its application, including in teaching English. Nowadays, using computer can support language learning. Regarding this point, this study aims to analyze new terms found in Adobe Photoshop Program. Further, the researchers also described morphological processes of the new terms in Adobe Photoshop program in teaching English vocabulary. While, the design of this research is descriptive qualitative design. The result shows compound and derived words can be classified as new terms in Adobe Photoshop CS4. Related to teaching vocabulary, the results show that teaching English vocabulary through word formation found in new terms in Adobe Photoshop Program may give an impact on students’ vocabulary development.

Relativized Locality: Phases and Tiers in Long-Distance Allomorphy in Armenian

Linguistic processes tend to respect locality constraints. In this paper, we analyze the distribution of conjugation classes in Armenian verbs. We analyze a type of Tense allomorphy which applies across these classes. On the surface, we show that this allomorphy is long-distance. Specifically, it is sensitive to the interaction of multiple morphemes that are neither linearly nor structurally adjacent. However, we argue that this allomorphy respects ‘relativized adjacency’ (Toosarvandani 2016) or tier-based locality (Aksënova, Graf, and Moradi 2016). While not surface-local, the interaction in Armenian verbs is local on a tier projected from morphological features. This formal property of tier-based locality is substantively manifested as phase-based locality in Armenian (cf. Marvin 2002). In addition to being well-studied computationally, tier-based locality allows us to capture superficially non-local morphological processes while respecting the cross-linguistic tendency of locality. We speculate that tier-based locality is a cross-linguistic tendency in long-distance allomorphy, while phase-based locality is not necessarily so.

Early Form Based Morphological Decomposition in Tagalog: MEG Evidence from Reduplication, Infixation and Circumfixation

Neuro- and psycholinguistic experimentation supports the early decomposition of morphologically complex words within the ventral processing stream, which MEG has localized to the M170 response in the (left) visual word form area (VWFA). Decomposition into an exhaustive parse of visual morpheme forms extends beyond words like “farmer” to those imitating complexity (e.g. “brother”, Lewis et al. 2011), and to “unique” stems occurring in only one word but following the syntax and semantics of their affix (e.g. “vulnerable”, Gwilliams & Marantz 2018). Evidence comes primarily from suffixation; other morphological processes have been under-investigated. This study explores circumfixation, infixation, and reduplication in Tagalog. In addition to investigating whether these are parsed like suffixation, we address an outstanding question concerning semantically empty morphemes. Some words in Tagalog resemble English “winter” as decomposition is not supported (wint-er); these apparently reduplicated pseudoreduplicates lack the syntactic and semantic features of reduplicated forms. However, unlike “winter,” these words exhibit phonological behavior predicted only if they involve a reduplicating morpheme. If these are decomposed, this provides evidence that words are analyzed as complex, like English “vulnerable”, when the grammar demands it. In a lexical decision task with MEG, we find that VWFA activity correlates with stem:word transition probability for circumfixed, infixed and reduplicated words. Furthermore, a Bayesian analysis suggests that pseudoreduplicates with reduplicate-like phonology are also decomposed; other pseudoreduplicates are not. These findings are consistent with an interpretation that decomposition is modulated by phonology in addition to syntax and semantics.

Pembentukan Kata Ragam Bahasa Gaul pada Kolom Komentar di Media Sosial Fadil Jaidi (The Form of Slang Variety Words in the Column Comments of Fadil Jaidi's Social Media)

Bahasa merupakan alat komunikasi yang penting bagi manusia. Bahasa dapat berbentuk lisan maupun tulis. Seiring dengan perkembangan zaman, bahasa pun ikut mengalami perkembangan, salah satunya adalah ragam bahasa. Penelitian ini mengkaji pembentukan kata dalam ragam bahasa gaul pada komentar akun media sosial Fadil Jaidi. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian deskriptif kualitatif. Data penelitian ini berupa kata pada kalimat bahasa gaul dalam kolom komentar Fadil Jaidi yang dikumpulkan dengan teknik simak dan catat. Data yang sudah terkumpul dianalisis dengan metode agih. Dari analisis tersebut diperoleh hasil bahwa bahasa gaul yang terdapat dalam kolom komentar Fadil Jaidi ternyata banyak yang mengalami proses morfologi, di antaranya adalah proses morfologinya berupa singkatan, akronim, kontraksi, pemenggalan, dan reduplikasi dwilingga. Language is an important communication tool for humans. Language can be spoken or written. Along with the times, languages also experience development, one of which is the variety of languages. This study examines the formation of words in various slang in the comments of the social media account Fadil Jaidi. This research is a qualitative descriptive study. The data of this research are in the form of words in slang sentences in the comment column Fadil Jaidi which are collected by listening and note-taking techniques. The data that has been collected was analyzed by the agih method. From the analysis, it was found that the slang contained in Fadil Jaidi's comment column turned out to be experiencing many morphological processes, such as abbreviation, acronym, contraction, beheading, and dwilingga reduplication.

A Morphological Analysis of Akan Honorific and Title Names for God

This study is motivated by our observation that earlier works have looked at Akan personal names either from sociolinguistics or non-linguistic perspectives; however, a critical morphological analysis of the structure of Akan honorific and title names for God has eluded researchers in linguistics. It is based on this background that we conduct a thorough morphological investigation into Akan honorific and title names for God, with the aim of addressing the morphological processes that account for their derivation. Drawing on data from both primary and secondary sources, the analysis reveals that Akan honorific and title names ascribed to God have complex nominals and this is manifested through affixation, compounding and reduplication. It further shows that some of the names are recursive in nature and are therefore derived through nominalization of sentences or clauses, especially those that undergo compounding.

TYPES, FUNCTIONS, AND MORPHOLOGICAL PROCESS OF REDUPLICATION IN SUMBAWA BESAR DIALECT

The study discusses the types, functions, and morphological processes of Reduplication in the Sumbawa Besar dialect. Data was taken from recorded conversation, which naturally occurred among the native speakers of Sumbawa Besar Dialect. The native were also interviewed to gain deeply information. Finding of this study describes some types of Reduplication in Sumbawa Besar Dialect namely full Reduplication, partial Reduplication, and reduplication variation of phoneme. In full Reduplication, the word is fully repeated without any additional morpheme or phoneme to the base word. For example, the base word ‘lao’ (slow) is fully reduplicated becomes ‘lao-lao’ (slowly). Partial Reduplication is partly the repetition of the base word. For example, ‘Barema’ (together) is the base form that is reduplicated by repeating the last phoneme to become ‘Barema-rema’. ‘Barema’ is the base and ‘rema’ is its phoneme which is repeated to form Reduplication. Reduplication variation of phoneme is the type of Reduplication which combines two different word classes and meaning to create meaningful Reduplication. As example, ‘sedo-gaso’ (supplies). ‘sedo’ is the first base word and the second word is ‘gaso’. Those are combined to create Reduplication becomes ‘sedo-gaso’ (supplies). Function of Reduplication in Sumbawa Besar Dialect was to change word classes as verb is changed into noun and change singular form to plural form of the noun. In example, ‘Mangan’ (eat) is the word class of verb which is changed into the word class of noun ‘Mangan’-‘Mangan’ (a picnic) in its Reduplication. In another example, the word Anak (a child) is the singular form of noun is changed into plural form Anak-dadi (children) in its Reduplication.

Early Drosophila Oogenesis: A Tale of Centriolar Asymmetry

Among the morphological processes that characterize the early stages of Drosophila oogenesis, the dynamic of the centrioles deserves particular attention. We re-examined the architecture and the distribution of the centrioles within the germarium and early stages of the vitellarium. We found that most of the germ cell centrioles diverge from the canonical model and display notable variations in size. Moreover, duplication events were frequently observed within the germarium in the absence of DNA replication. Finally, we report the presence of an unusually long centriole that is first detected in the cystoblast and is always associated with the developing oocyte. This centriole is directly inherited after the asymmetric division of the germline stem cells and persists during the process of oocyte selection, thus already representing a marker for oocyte identification at the beginning of its formation and during the ensuing developmental stages.

Klasifikasi Bentuk Kata Bilangan Bahasa Melayu Jambi

The objective of this research is to describe the classification of numeral forms in the Jambi Malay Language. The method used in this research is descriptive. Sources of research data include oral data from informants and written data taken from a collection of Jambi folklore. Overall this research was conducted in two locations, namely the district of Muaro Jambi and Jambi city. The research data were in the form of words, phrases, and sentences containing Jambi Malay Language numeral forms. The techniques collection used include interview, observation, introspection, and elicitation techniques. Data analysis is done by distributional method through substitution, expansion, and permutation technique. The results of data analysis showed that the numeral forms of Jambi Malay Language can be classified into 2 forms namely: 1) Basic form that includes monomorphemic form and polymorphemic form. Both forms are classified based on the amount of morphemes. 2) Complex forms or derivatives are classified based on their morphological processes, i.e. forms of affixed and reduplication. Based on these results, it can be concluded that from the morphological and syntactic aspects, the numeral forms of Jambi Malay Language has its own classification which is different from other word forms. AbstrakTujuan penelitian ini yaitu untuk mendeskripsikan klasifikasi bentuk kata bilangan bahasa Melayu Jambi (BMJ). Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode deskriptif dengan pendekatan struktural. Sumber data penelitian mencakup data lisan yang berasal dari informan dan data tulisan yang diambil dari kumpulan cerita rakyat daerah Jambi. Secara keseluruhan penelitian ini dilakukan di dua lokasi yakni Kabupaten Muaro Jambi dan Kota Jambi. Data penelitian berupa kata, frasa dan kalimat-kalimat yang mengandung kata bilangan BMJ. Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan meliputi teknik wawancara, observasi, introspeksi, dan elisistasi. Analisis data dilakukan dengan metode distribusional melalui teknik subsitusi, ekspansi dan permutasi. Hasil analisis data menunjukkan bahwa secara umum bentuk kata bilangan BMJ dapat diklasifikasikan atas 2 bentuk yakni: 1) bentuk dasar yang mencakup bentuk monomorfemis dan bentuk polimorfemis. Kedua bentuk ini diklasifikasikan berdasarkan jumlah morfemnya. 2) bentuk kompleks atau turunan diklasifikasikan berdasarkan proses morfologisnya, yakni bentuk berafiks dan bentuk reduplikasi. Berdasarkan hasil analisis dapat disimpulkan bahwa klasifikasi bentuk kata bilangan bahasa BMJ merupakan kajian linguistik dari aspek morfologi dan sintaksis mempunyai klasifikasi tersendiri yang berbeda dari bentuk kata lainnya.