Word Formation Process on Aviation Terms in English for Aviation Book

more and more terms to support such technology advancement were invented. This
also happens to aviation terms that also introduces several new terms that might be
still strange to the public. Therefore, it is necessary to conduct a study on word
formation of aviation terms in order to facilitate the public understanding of aviation
terms. The purpose of this study is to analyze the types of word formation of aviation
terms in English for Aviation Book published by Oxford. This sudy used a descriptive
qualitative method. The data were the words contained in the listening transcript of
the book. The data were analyzed based on the theories of word formation proposed
by Bryson (1990),
Based on the data analysis, it was found that there are 9 out of 17 types of word
formation proposed by aforementioned experts. They are (1) Derivation, (2) Inflection,
(3) Coinage, (4) Conversion, (5) Acronym, (6) Initialism, (7) Compounding, (8) Backformation,
and (9) Multiple Processes. Among the 9 types of word formation found,
the type of word formation most frequently used in aviation terms is coinage with the
frequency of 26 data (38,2%). This finding shows that words used in aviation terms are
using words become name or brand among aviations.