The morphological analysis of derivational suffixes in English noun formation

Prasetyo, Erdian Widaari (2007) The morphological analysis of derivational suffixes in English noun formation. Undergraduate thesis, Universitas Katolik Widya Mandala Madiun.

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Abstract

The smallest meaningful unit of utterance is called morpheme. Inere a two kinds of morphemes: free morphemes and bound morphemes. Bound morphemes are affixes: prefixes and suffixes. English noun can be formed by the addition of certain suffixes to verb, adjective, or noun. The suffixes intended are:suffix-ion, suffix -or, suffix-ment, suffix -ism, suffix-ness, suffix-er, suffix -ist,suffix -ity, suffix-ery, suffix -ing, suffix -ance, suffix-ship,suffix-eer,suffix-hood, suffix-ty, suffix-cy, suffix-ee, and suffix-dom. In this research, the researcher uses descriptive method because this method is considered more suitable with the problems of this research. This method is used with some steps: collecting, classifying, and analyzing the data.While,the data of this research are derivational suffixes in noun formation found in Newsweek magazine, September 30m, 2002 edition. The data analysis shows that the percentage of the use of those derivational suffixes in noun formation are as follows: suffix -ion 58 data (33,1%), suffix-or 11 data (6,3%), suffix -ment 20 data (11,4%), suffix -ism 3data (1,7%), suffix -ness 7 data (4%), suffix -er 23 data (13%), suffix -ist 7 data (4%), suffix -ity 17 data (9,7%), suffix -ery 1 datum (0,6%), suffix -ing 13 data (7,4%), suffix -ance 5 data (2,9%), suffix-ship 2 data (1,1%), suffix -eer 1 datum (0,6%), suffix-hood 3 data (1,7%), suffix-ty 1 datum (0,6%), suffix-cy 1 datum (0,6%), suffix -ee1 datum (0,6%), and suffix -dom 1 datum (0,6%). Therefore,the most productive usage of noun suffix in noun formation is suffix -ion for 58data or 33,1%.

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