Irregular Word Formation of Lexical Innovations in James Dashner’s The Maze Runner

https://doi.org/10.22146/lexicon.v5i2.41853

Dhyani Natasha Kartikasari(1*), Ni Gusti Ayu Roselani(2)

(1) English Department, Universitas Gadjah Mada
(2) English Department, Universitas Gadjah Mada
(*) Corresponding Author

Abstract


This study investigates lexical innovations in The maze runner by James Dashner (2010), especially in terms of irregular word-formation techniques. 34 units of lexical innovations were found and classified according to their word classes: nouns, verbs, adjectives, and exclamations. The analysis focuses mainly on the examination of the word-formation processes undergone by the lexical units. The results reveal that four irregular word-formation techniques were used in the coinage of the new lexicon: compounding with left-headedness, compounding with unrecognizable constituent, compounding with irregular combination, and rhyming.

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irregular word-formation technique; lexeme; lexical innovation; word-formation

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