AN ANALYSIS OF MORPHOLOGICAL PROCESSES ON THE WORDS CONTAINING DERIVATIONAL AFFIXES IN EDGAR ALLAN POE’S THE BLACK CAT

Nurul Ika Herlina, Muh. Kholiq

Abstract

This research aims to analyze Morphological processes on the words containing
derivational affixes in Edgar Allan Poe’s The Black Cat. The method of this research
is descriptive qualitative. The researcher found 154 words that attached by derivational
affixes as the result of this research. They can be categorized based on part of speech
into four types: the first is derivational affixes producing noun. They have percentage
45%, with the suffixes-ence, -cy, -ty, -ity, -tion, -ation, -ion,-ment, -ure, -ness, -ent, -
ance ,-er, -or, and -ing. The second is derivational affixes producing verb. They
havepercentage 1%, with the suffix -en. The third is derivational affixes producing
adjective. They have percentage 17%, with the suffixes -al, -able, -ful, -y, -ish, -ent,-
less, -ing and -ous. The last is derivational affixes producing adverb. They have
percentage 37%, with the suffix –ly. The researcher also found the prefixes, they are
un-,in-,dis- and re-. The derivational affixes producing noun is the most frequently
appear in Edgar Allan Poe’s The Black Cat with a percentage of 45%.

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