Contractions and Phonological Process in the Album"mezmerize" and "Hypnotize" by System of a Down Band: Phonological Study

- Song lyrics have become an exciting medium for exploring language phenomena, including contractions and phonological processes. The use of contractions and phonological processes in the lyrics of the band System of a Down is the subject of this research. "Contractions and Phonological Process in the Albums "Mezmerize" and "Hypnotize" of the System of a Down Band: Phonological Study" is the title of this research. This research identifies contractions in three categories: standard contractions, negative contractions, and nonstandard forms. Besides identifying the contraction categories, it also describes the phonological processes that occur in each category including assimilation, dissimilation, feature change, feature addition, assertion, and deletion. This research aims to identify the contraction categories and analyze the phonological processes in two albums of songs. The method used in this research is a descriptive qualitative method that emphasizes in-depth observation and provides a detailed description related to data collection and analysis. The theory is used based on the contraction category by Mair's (2006) theory in Losef (2013) Fromkin's (2011) and Roach's (1983) theory regarding the phonological process. The data analyzed in this research produced 68 data and there were 37 words using standard contractions (54%), 12 words using negative contractions (18%), and 19 words using non-standard forms (28%). In the phonological process only found 3 types, namely in the phonological process deletion reaches the highest number with 58 words (85%), while assimilation appears in 8 words (12%), and dissimilation is found in 2 words (3%).