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A MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF AFFIXES USED IN
TEMPO MAGAZINE JANUARY 2013 EDITION
RESEARCH PAPER
Submitted as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Getting Bachelor Degree of Education
in English Department
By Yuwaida Azmi
A 320090199
SCHOOL OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKARTA
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MOTTO
“
God will rise up, to rants, those of you who believe and who have been
granted knowledge
”
( Mujadalah: 11)
“God would not change someone’s life if they do not make the effort”
(QS. Ar Ra’du: 11)
“
At the opposite difficulty there is amenity, and in every step there will
always be expectations
”
(Al Insyirah: 6-8)
“Don’t ask what other people can do for you, but ask what you can do
for other people
”
(Nelson Mandela)
“You can have anything if you are willing to work hard to get it”
(Benjamin Franklin)
“Look deep, deep into nature, and then you will understand everything
better”
(Albert Einstein)
“
You can dream it; you can do it
”
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DEDICATION
From the deepest hearth, the writer would like to dedicate this research
paper to:
1.
Allah SWT, the Supreme Being; the Lord of this Universe.
2.
My beloved father and mother, for their pray, love. Attention, support,
finance, etc.
3.
My beloved younger sister and younger brother, Eva and Zidan, for your
kindness, love, attention, pray and support.
4.
All of my friends. I can’t do any more except my thankfulness for all of
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT Bismillahirobbil‟alamin.
Assalamu‟alaikum Wr. Wb.
Alhamdulillahirrabil „alamin, praise and gratitude to the Most Gracious and Most Merciful, Allah SWT for blessing the writer in accomplishing this
research paper, entitled “A Morphological Analysis of Affixes used in Tempo Magazine January 2013 Edition”. This is the one of the requirements for getting
bachelor degree in English Department of Muhammadiyah University of
Surakarta. Praising is also giving to the messenger, our prophet Muhammad
SAW, peace be upon him, a glory person who gives his blessing to his messes in
the next day.
The writer would like to express his deepest gratitude to the people who
have ever helped her in getting through this research paper by their support,
advices, and even critics, they are:
1. Dra. Nining Setyaningsih, M.Si, Dean of School of Teacher Training and
Education,
2. Titis Setyabudi, S.Si as the Chief of English Department who permitted her to
write this research paper,
3. Dra. Dwi Haryanti, M.Hum, as the first consultant who has guided her with
great advice, her valuable time in correcting this research paper, and
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4. Siti Fatimah, S.Pd, M.Hum, as the second consultant who has given her some
correction, help and guidance to complete his research paper with a good
language,
5. Susiati, S.Pd, as her academic consultant of class D ‟09,
6. The librarian of UMS for their help in providing the reference books,
7. Her wonderful mother, Mrs. Tri Hartati and her beloved father, Mr. Sudarno,
S.Ag for guarding with tremendous love, cares, support, and continuous
prayer to finish the research paper. She also thanks to her younger sister and
younger brother, Eva and Zidan, who always give support and care,
8. Her close friends Tetri, Wasol, Deni, Dian, Iin, Rieka, Widho, Novi, Pika,
Sabrina etc for their support and cares, thanks for being my best friend. It is
always nice to be with you all,
9. Everyone in Griya Sahira Boarding House, Andra, ida, chida, icha, lina, ria,
hima, winda, wasol, tika, ambar, etc. Thanks for everything you gave to me,
10.Her friend in English ‟09, Tetri, Deni, Dian, Iin, Rieka, Widho, Sabrina, Novi, pika, etc. thank for everything you gave to me,
11.Her friends in Drama Performance “The Wizard of Oz” for giving her sweet
memories and giving her a true meaning of friendship,
12.Everyone who always helped her when during her study, the raise up her spirit
to finish is as soon as possible, and
13.All of the people that she cannot mention one by one “thanks for everything” The writer realizes that this research paper is far from being perfect. In
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ABBREVIATION
TE: Tempo English
NRP: “New Routes for the Postman”
LWR: “Living with Risk”
IPL: “Indonesia Partnership Landscape”
N: Noun
V: Verb
Adj: Adjective
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TABLE OF CONTENT
Page
COVER ... i
APPROVAL ... ii
ACCEPTANCE ... iii
TESTIMONY ... iv
MOTTO ... v
DEDICATION ... vi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ... vii
ABREVIATION ... x
TABLE OF CONTENT ... xi
SUMMARY ... xv
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION A. Background of the Study ... 1
B. Previous Study ... 3
C. Limitation of the Study ... 6
D. Problem Statement ... 6
E. Objective of the Study ... 6
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G. Research Paper Organization ... 8
CHAPTER II UNDERLYING THEORY A. Morphology ... 10
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD A. Type of the Research ... 24
B. Object of the Research ... 24
C. Data and Sources of the Data ... 25
D. Method of Collecting Data ... 25
E. Technique of Analyzing Data ... 26
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n) Suffix “-en” ... 49
o) Suffix “-est” ... 50
p) Suffix “-ful” ... 51
b. Inflectional Affixes ... 52
1) Prefixes ... 52
a) Suffix “-s” ... 52
b) Suffix “-ed” ... 54
c) Suffix “-ing” ... 56
B. Discussion ... 57
1. Kinds ... 58
2. Forms ... 58
3. Meaning ... 63
CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION A. Conclusion ... 69
B. Suggestion ... 70
BIBLIOGRAPHY ... 71
VIRTUAL REFERENCES ... 72
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SUMMARY
Yuwaida Azmi. A320090199. A Morphological Analysis of Affixes Used in Tempo Magazine January 2013 Edition. Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta. 2013.
This research paper aims at answering the objectives of this research are: (1) to identify the kinds of affixes used in Tempo Magazine January 2013 edition and (2) to describe the forms and meaning of each. The type of the research is descriptive qualitative research and this research uses documentation and observation methods to get the data. Then, the technique of analyzing data are identifying the words which include affixes, analyzing the words that are containing affixes, and drawing conclusion based on data analysis. The data are words consisting affixes taken from the articles on the magazine. The writer concern with three articles which are entitled: “New routes for the postman”,
“Living with Risk”, “Indonesia Partnership Landscape” as object of the study.
The research finding of the study shows that the types affixes and the data of this research consists of 310 English affixes include prefix “in-”which changes
the meaning. Prefix “re-” which changes noun into verb, prefix “un-” which
changes adjective into adverb, prefix “dis-” which changes noun into verb, prefix
“pre-” which indicates present tense, prefix “anti-“ which changes verb into noun.
And suffix “-s” which indicates present tense, suffix “-ed” which changes noun
into verb, suffix “-ly” which changes adjective into adverb, suffix “-er” changes
verb into noun, suffix “-ment” which changes verb into noun, suffix “-ness”
changes adjective into noun, suffix “-ity” which changes adjective into noun,
suffix “-ist” which indicates plural noun, suffix “-ive” which changes verb into
adjective, suffix “-ize” which changes noun into verb, suffix “-able” which
changes verb into adjective, suffix “-ion” which indicates singular noun, suffix “
-ism” which indicates singular noun, suffix “-ship” which indicates singular noun,
suffix “-y” which changes verb into noun, suffix “-en” which indicates past tense,
suffix “-ing” which changes verb into noun, suffix “-est” which indicates
superlative, and suffix “-ful” which indicates verb into adjective. In conclusion, the meaning of affixes that used in the data source is indicator of changing the class of the category. At the end of analysis, the researcher finds that the addition of affixes into the word would influence either the meaning of the existing word.
