Analysis of Morphological and Semantic Transformations of English Words with Indonesian Affixes in Digital Communication

Abstract

Nowadays, the increasing use of English words combined with Indonesian affixes in digital communication has given rise to a unique form of linguistic innovation that reflects the interaction between the local and global language. This research aims to analyze how Indonesian affixes influence the morphological structure and semantic meaning of English words which are used in digital communication. This research uses qualitative descriptive to analyze 45 lexical items found from Instagram and YouTube comment sections. The data selected from real online interactions containing English words attached to Indonesian affixes. Data were analyzed by following four stages, such as data reduction, classification, interpretation, and conclusion. The findings show that the Indonesian suffix -nya is the most frequently used representing 66.67% of the collected data, followed by the prefixes di-, ke-, nge-, ter-, se-, and the suffix -an. These affixes modify English words by adapting them to Indonesian grammatical structures while preserving or extending their meanings. Unlike previous studies that primarily examined English-Indonesian lexical borrowing through corpus data or magazine texts, this study contributes new insights by examining the morphological and semantic adaptation of English lexical items in spontaneous digital interactions on Instagram and YouTube.  The research determines that Indonesian-English hybrid expressions showcase linguistic innovation, facilitate efficient digital interaction, and exemplify the active development of bilingual language usage in modern Indonesian online conversations.