Learning Abbreviation Style of French Language Conversation on Twitter

Nani Kusrini

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Abstract: Learning Abbreviation Style of French Language Conversation on Twitter. Objectives: This study aims to identify the process of formation of abbreviation, the causes of its use and its implication in French instruction. Method: This study used qualitative descriptive method, by taking utterances containing forms of abbreviation in French conversations conducted by several native speakers on Twitter from June to October 2018 as data sources. Findings: No elliptical data was found. The form of troncation which is divided into several forms of beheading, namely the beheading of one or two syllables at the end of a word, decapitation of one or two syllables at the beginning of the word, combined between troncasi and condensation and the most is decapitation by consonant or vowel disappearance. Conclusions: The results of the study showed that the abbreviation is mainly formed by troncation, sigle, and shortening by using letters having the same sound as the real word(s). 

Keywords: Abbreviation, french language conversation, troncation . 

 

Abstrak: Pengembangan Metode Pembelajaran “Kotak Imanginasi”: Metode yang Efektif dan Efisien untuk Mengukur Pemahaman Konsep Siswa. Tujuan: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi  proses pembentukan abreviasi, faktor penyebab penggunaan abreviasi dan implikasinya dalam pembelajaran bahasa Prancis. Metode: Jenis penelitian ini adalah penelitian kualitatif dengan metode deskripfit kualitatif dengan mengambil ujaran yang mengandung bentuk abreviasi pada percakapan dalam bahasa Prancis yang dilakukan oleh beberapa penutur asli di jejaring sosial Twitter dari bulan Juni s/d Oktober 2018 sebagai sumber data. Temuan: Proses pembentukan abreviasi paling banyak berturut-turut adalah troncation, sigle, dan penyingkatan berdasarkan persamaan bunyi.  Selain itu terdapat beberapa data yang tidak mempunyai proses pembentukan yang teratur.  Bentuk troncation paling banyak ditemukan dalam bentuk pengekalan konsonan, pemenggalan silaba akhir, pemenggalan silaba awal dan gabungan troncation dan condensation. Kesimpulan: Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa proses pembentukan abreviasi paling banyak berturut-turut adalah troncation, sigle, dan pemendekan dengan menggunakan huruf yang memiliki bunyi sesungguhnya yang sama. 

Kata kunci: Singkatan, percakapan bahasa perancis, troncation.

 

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23960/jpp.v9.i1.201911


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