The Similarities and Differences between Acronyms and Abbreviations in Indonesian Language
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science - Year 2018, Vol 23, Issue 7
Abstract
The purpose of this article is to show the similarities and differences between acronyms and abbreviations in Indonesian Language. This study is under the scope of abbreviation whose distinction is the existence of similarities and differences in the Indonesian language. It sometimes overlaps with its same forming pattern but with distinctive differences in phonotactic pattern. The acronym is known as the shortened form of words which is pronounced as a natural word, in which one of the requirements is the phonotactic pattern corresponding to the Indonesian syllable pattern, while the abbreviation, although having the same forming pattern, has a typical difference where abbreviations do not meet the Indonesian phonotactic pattern. The data are collected from two different daily from Medan; Waspada and Tribun Medan, March and April 2018 issues. The methodological research applied in this study is descriptive qualitative. The results of this study are that both acronym and abbreviation formed by combining the initial letter of each represented component or word, whereas the difference is that the phonemic structure of acronym follows the phonotactic pattern of Indonesian Language while abbreviation does not, therefore it cannot be spoken as natural word.
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Susy Deliani
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