Morphological Process in F.Scott Fitzgerald’s Novel “The Great Gatsby”

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MORPHOLOGICAL PROCESS IN F. SCOTT FITZGERALD’S NOVEL “THE GREAT GATSBY”

A THESIS

BY

NOVITA THERESIA PUTRI PASARIBU REG. NO. 100705046

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

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A THESIS

BY

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A THESIS BY

SUPERVISOR, CO-SUPERVISOR,

Dr. Roswita Silalahi, Dip.TESOL, M.Hum. Drs. Bahagia Tarigan, M.A.

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partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Sarjana Sastra from

Department of English

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Approved by the Department of English, Faculty of Cultural Studies University of

Sumatera Utara (USU) Medan as thesis for The Sarjana Sastra Examination.

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Accepted by the Board of Examiners in partial fulfillment of requirements for the

degree of Sarjana Sastra from the Department of English, Faculty of Cultural Studies

University of Sumatera Utara, Medan.

The Examination is held in Department of English Faculty of Cultural Studies

University of Sumatera Utara on Monday, 27th October 2014.

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Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A, Ph.D ………..

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

First and foremost, I would like to thank and praise Jehovah for His blessings

and mercy for still giving me this great chance to finish my study especially in

accomplishing this thesis as one of the requirements to get Scholar Certificate in

English Department, Faculty of Cultural Studies, University of Sumatera Utara.

My sincere gratitude and appreciation are dedicated to Dr. H Syahron Lubis,

M.A, the Dean of Faculty of Cultural Studies, University of Sumatera Utara who has

authority in my academic years of learning. For both the Head and Secretary of

English Department, Dr. H. Muhizar Muchtar, M.S. and

I also would like to express my gratitude and appreciation to Dr. Roswita

Silalahi, Dip. TESOL, M.Hum. as my Supervisor and Drs. Bahagia Tarigan, M.A. as

my Co-Supervisor. I am really thankful for their guidance, contribution, and

generosity with their time, effort, and support through correcting and giving me some

suggestions during the writing process of this thesis. Thank to Dr. Martha Pardede,

M.S. as my academic supervisor who always support me from the beginning. I would

also like to thank for all the lecturers of English Department for the good advice,

spirit, motivation, and knowledge. Thanks to Alm. Bang Am and Bang Mistam for

helping me in completing registration and administration.

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In writing this thesis, I realized that this is far from being perfect though I

have done my best, I do apologize. Without any helps and support from all parties,

this thesis would not be completed. Finally, I expect this thesis would be useful for

the readers in future. May God bless you all. Thank you.

Medan, Oktober 2014

The Writer ,

Novita Theresia P. Pasaribu

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ABSTRACT

This thesis entitled Morphological Process in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Novel

"The Great Gatsby". It deals with morphology of English language concerning

morphological process (word formation) in “The Great Gatsby” novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The morphological process includes affixation, reduplication, modification, suppletion, and compounding. This morphological process has a role in the formation of new words that generate new meanings.

In analyzing the data, sampling is done by taking the data from chapter 4 until chapter 6 in the novel. The analysis of morphological processes based on the books by Geert Booij (2007) and F. Katamba (1993).

Based on the data analysis, it can be explained that the morphological process includes affixation, modification, suppletion, and compounding. In English, affixation can be divided into prefix and suffix. Final results were found in the novel has 12 kinds of prefixes with the number 108 and the 17 types of suffixes with the number 264 or represents 71,95% of total data. Affixation is the most dominant of morphological process found in the novel. Internal modification is found that indicates a word’s change from singular form to the plural form in English language. Supp letion, represents 11,99%, changes the base verb forms in accordance with the pattern of English tenses with the number 62 words. Compounding (15,08%) is subdivided into two categories, namely compounding words from free morphemes as much as 65 words and compounding words from free morphemes and bound morphemes as much as 13 words. Reduplication is not found in the data because there is no reduplication in English

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ABSTRAK

Skripsi ini berjudul Morphological Process in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Novel

“The Great Gatsby”. Ini merupakan suatu kajian morfologi bahasa yang membahas

tentang proses morfologi (pembentukan kata) dalam novel “The Great Gatsby” karya F. Scott Fitzgerald. Proses pembentukan kata ini mencakup afiksasi, reduplikasi, modifikasi, supplesi, dan kata gabungan. Kelima jenis proses morfologi ini berperan dalam pembentukan kata baru yang menghasilkan makna baru.

Dalam melakukan analisis data, pengambilan sampel dilakukan dengan mengambil data dari bab 4 sampai dengan bab 6 novel tersebut. Analisis proses morfologi di dalam skripsi ini berdasarkan buku oleh Geert Booij (2007) dan F. Katamba (1993).

Dari hasil analisis data, dapat dijelaskan bahwa proses morfologi mencakup afiksasi, modifikasi, suppletion, dan kata gabungan. Afiksasi dalam bahasa Inggris dapat dibagi menjadi awalan dan akhiran. Hasil akhir yang ditemukan dalam novel memiliki 12 jenis prefiks dengan jumlah 108 dan 17 jenis sufiks dengan jumlah 264 atau mewakili 71,95% dari total keseluruhan data sehingga afiksasi adalah proses pembentukan kata yang paling dominan yang terdapat dalam novel ini. Modifikasi yang ditemukan ialah modifikasi internal yang menunjukkan perubahan bentuk kata dari tunggal ke jamak dalam bahasa Inggris. Proses suplesi yang mewakili 11,99% dari total data mengubah bentuk kata kerja dasar sesuai dengan pola kalimat bahasa Inggris sebanyak 62 kata. Kata gabung yang mewakili 15,08% dibagi dalam dua kategori, yaitu kata gabungan dari kata dasar sebanyak 65 kata dan kata gabungan dari kata dasar dan imbuhan sebanyak 13 kata. Reduplikasi tidak ditemukan dalam data dikarenakan reduplikasi tidak terdapat dalam bahasa Inggris.

Kata Kunci:

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

AUTHOR’S DECLARATION ... i

COPYRIGHT DECLARATION ... ii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ... iii

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2.3 Review of Related Study ... 14

4.1 Morphological Process found in the novel ... 31

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4.1.1.2.12 Suffix –ness... 45

4.1.1.2.13 Suffix –ous ... 46

4.1.1.2.14 Suffix –tion ... 46

4.1.1.2.15 Suffix –y ... 47

4.1.1.2.16 Suffix –ary ... 48

4.1.1.2.17 Suffix –ic ... 48

4.1.2 Reduplication ... 48

4.1.3 Modification ... 49

4.1.4 Suppletion ... 49

4.1.5 Compounding ... 51

4.1.4.1 Free morphemes ... 51

4.1.4.2 Free morphemes and bound morphemes ... 54

4.2 The most dominant morphological process ... 55

CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION... 56

5.1 Conclusions ... 56

5.2 Suggestions ... 57

REFERENCES ... 58

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LIST OF TABLES

Table 4.1 – Table of Data... 18

Table 4.2 – Findings of Modification ... 49

Table 4.3 – Findings of Suppletion ... 50

Table 4.4 – Findings of Free Morphemes ... 52

Table 4.5 – Findings of Free Morphemes and Bound Morphemes ... 54

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ABBREVIATION

Suf. = Suffix

Pre. = Prefix

N = Noun

V = Verb

Adj. = Adjective

Adv. = Adverb

Prep. = Preposition

Pron. = Pronoun