Scribd
Upload
50 views3 pages

Word Formation Process - English Syntax and Morphology

The document discusses two informal words: "cucuk-ed" and "anywho". Cucuk-ed is a Malaysian slang word that uses the root verb "cucuk" paired with the "-ed" affix to form the past tense verb "cucuk-ed", meaning "injected". Anywho is an informal adverb derived from "anyhow" that is used to show a casual and laid-back manner of writing. Both words are examples of word formation processes where components are combined to construct new words.

Uploaded by

feizrina feisal
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
50 views3 pages

Word Formation Process - English Syntax and Morphology

The document discusses two informal words: "cucuk-ed" and "anywho". Cucuk-ed is a Malaysian slang word that uses the root verb "cucuk" paired with the "-ed" affix to form the past tense verb "cucuk-ed", meaning "injected". Anywho is an informal adverb derived from "anyhow" that is used to show a casual and laid-back manner of writing. Both words are examples of word formation processes where components are combined to construct new words.

Uploaded by

feizrina feisal
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 3

WORD FORMATION PROCESS

BY: FEIZRINA FEISAL

The fourth word chosen is cucuk-ed from the article ‘What Happens If You Get Tested Positive While
Travelling Out of Malaysia? We Check’ by Ivory Anne from the blog cilisos.com. This article is
informal and easy to read as the sentences are bilingual which makes it easy to find unusual word
that has been used in the article to form a complete sentence.

“Getting cucuk-ed may decrease your odds of getting the worst of C-19, but in some cases it can still
be severe enough to require hospitalization.” (Ivory Anne, 2021)

Cucuk-ed is a slang that uses two different languages – Bahasa Malaysia and English to form a past
tense verb, which translated to injected in English. While there is no rule of past tense in Bahasa
Melayu, it is common to mix different languages to form a slang word that suits the sentence
written. In this case, the writer of the article decided to use cucuk-ed instead of injected as it is the
style of the writing, which is informal and laid-back.

The way the word form is from the root verb cucuk that is paired with ‘-ed’ affix to construct the past
tense verb cucuk-ed. The internal structure of this word can be shown in the tree diagram below.

V Af

cucuk -ed
Figure 1.1 The internal structure of the word ‘cucuk-ed’

The last word chosen is the word anywho from an article titled ‘Is Legoland Still Fun if You’re an
Adult. We Review” by Jake Lim from a blog cilisos.com. This article is chosen because of the natures
of the language used which are informal and humorous.

“Anywho, after spending a weekend there, here are the thoughts of two overgrown children that
grew up mucking around with Lego sets.” (Jake Lim, 2021)

The writer used the adverb anywho to show the manner of the article being written, which is casual
and laid-back.

Anywho or anyhoo is an informal word derived from the word anyhow. According to the dictionary
of Merriam-Webster (n.d.), anywho is a humorous way of pronouncing anyhow. The history of the
word dated way back in the 1850 appropriated by the Scots and Irish onie-hoo – an Irish and Scottish
pronunciation of anyhow (Merriam-Webster, n.d.).
The structure of the word anyhow involves compounding, a combination of lexical categories. Since
the rightmost morpheme determines the category of the entire word, meaning anyhow is an adverb
because its rightmost component is an adverb.
Reference

Merriam-Webster. (n.d.). Anyhow. In Merriam-Webster.com dictionary. Retrieved January 14, 2022,


from https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anyhow

Merriam-Webster. (n.d.). Anyhoo. In Merriam-Webster.com dictionary. Retrieved January 14, 2022,


from https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anyhoo

Jake, L. (2021). Is Legoland still fun if you’re an adult? We review. https://cilisos.my/is-legoland-still-


fun-if-youre-an-adult-we-review/

Anne, I. (2021). What happens if you get tested positive while travelling out of Malaysia? We check.
https://cilisos.my/nuklear-malaysia-plant-mutagenesis-radiation-gamma-greenhouse/

You might also like