Abstract:
This study aimed to analysis Ariana Grande‟s song in the album positions to find
word formation process that is used. This study used qualitative method. The
design of this study was descriptive research. The result of word formation used in
song lyrics “Position and Shut Up” showed that 5 borrowing (13,16%), 1
compounding (2,63%), 4 acronym (10,52%), 2 clipping (5,26%), 8 conversion
(21,05%), 6 inflection (15,80%), and 12 derivation (31,58%). In analyzing of
Ariana Grande‟s song lyrics, the writer found that there were seven types of word
formations used which were borrowing, compounding, acronym, clipping,
conversion, inflection, and derivation. Derivation become the dominant type in
forming the word formation. Based on the findings, the writer concluded that
Ariana Grande used word formations in the song lyrics to express her
characteristics and to make the music more attractive by changing the meaning of
the original word, the song to be familiar to the listener and the utterance is simply
daily spoken language. Based on the explanation above, the writer concluded that
using Ariana Grande‟s song lyrics in the album “position and shut up” is effective
to analyzed word formation process.
