Derivational Morpheme in The Jakarta Post

Abstract

This study deals with the study of Derivational Morpheme in The Jakarta Post. The objectives of this study were to investigate the derivational affixes realized in the articles of The Jakarta Post. Descriptive qualitative method is used in this study. The source of data in this study was taken from article of The Jakarta Post in 2019, and the limited was taken nine entertainment news from the article Jakarta Post. In collecting data, the researcher reading the article of The Jakarta Post, Identifying each words that containing the derivational affixes, Classifying the types of affixes which were used in The Jakarta Post. The data were analyzed in two steps, selecting the words that contain the derivational morpheme, categorizing the words based on the types of affixes. The finding were total 93 affixes used in nine articles of Jakarta Post, 11 prefixes and 82 suffixes. And the result showed A prefix that changed a phonological of the word were Incoherency (1 pre a), Unshaven (1 pre b), Untitled (1 pre b), and Ex-partner (1 pre c) it changed the sound of the word; in + coherence, un + shave, un + titled, ex + partner. A prefix that changed a semantic of the word were Unveiled (1 pre b), and disappearing (1 pre d) it changed the meaning of the word; veiled meant menyelubung, unveiled meant diresmikan, appear meant muncul, disappearing meant hilang. A prefix that changed a class of the word were Unfinished (1 pre b), disinterest (1 pre d) it changed the grammatical categories of the word; finish was verb, unfinished was adjective, interest was adjective, disinterest was noun. There was no a prefix that changed an orthographic of the word in the articles of The Jakarta Post. A suffix that changed a phonological of the word were escapism (2 suf a), humourist (2 suf b), director (2 suf c), cultural (2 suf f) it changed the sound of the word; escape + ism, humor + ist, direct + or, culture + al. A suffix that changed a semantic of the word were fairly (2 suf d), loopy (2 suf e), excitement (2 suf i) it changed the meaning of the word; fair meant adil, fairly meant dengan tulus, loop meant lingkaran, loopy meant gila, excite meant menggairahkan, excitement meant kegembiraan. A suffix that changed a class of the word were education (2 suf j), successful (2 suf k), marriage (2 suf L) it changed the grammatical categories of the word; educate was verb, education was noun, marry was verb, marriage was noun. A suffix that changed an orthographic of the word was ruthlessness (2 suf n) it changed the spelling of the word; ruthless be ruthlessness