Abstract:
This study deals with the analysis of a contrastive analysis of prefixes between
English and Gayonese language. The objectives of this study were to investigate
the differences and similarity of prefix in English and Gayonese and to elaborate
the morphological process containing prefix in both language. The descriptive
qualitative method was used in this study. The data collected were analyzed based
on Miles and Huberman analysis model including data reduction, data display, and
conclusion. The research finding, showed that the English and Gayonese prefixes
are sometimes different and similar in terms of form, distribution, function, and
meaning. In this case, those were not totally different or same for each aspect. It
was also found that English and Gayonese prefix have the same morphological
process to produce or form a word.
