Abstract:
This research focuses on analysis of word formation used in Pitch Perfect
2 movie script and its application in teaching writing. The objectives of the study
are to identify the categories of word formation used in Pitch Perfect 2 movie
script, to describe the lexical meanings of word formation that used in Pitch
Perfect 2 movie script, and to describe the application of teaching writing by
using word formation in Pitch Perfect 2 movie script.
This research is a qualitative research and used descriptive qualitative
method. The researcher obtained the data from the Pitch Perfect 2 movie script.
To collect the data, the researcher searched and downloaded the movie script and
analyzed the word formation on the movie script. Then to analyze the data, the
researcher read the movie script, coding the data from the movie script, taking the
word formation’s data, classifying the data to the types of word formation, and
making conclusion.
The result of the analysis shows that are 176 data from eleven categories
of word formation used in Pitch Perfect 2 movie script. There are coinage 6 words
(3.5%), borrowing 20 words (11%), compounding 51 words (30%), blending 5
words (3%), clipping 32 words (18%), back formation 2 words (1%), conversion
9 words (5%), acronyms 3 words (1.5%), and multiple processes 5 words (3%).
The categories of word formation that used in Pitch Perfect 2 movie script
can be applied in teaching writing with the material about announcement. Some
steps to teach are giving material about announcement text and word formation,
reading the movie script, identifying word formation in announcement based on
movie script, and asking students to make announcement text.
