DERIVATIONAL AFFIXES IN ED SHEERAN’S SONG LYRICS

Abstract

This study aims to describe the types of derivational affixes in Ed Sheeran's Equals album. The theory proposed by Plag (2018) is used to analyze the types of derivational affixes. Qualitative descriptive method was used in this study. The data source is obtained from the album Equals by Ed Sheeran which consists of 14 songs. The results of this study indicate that the writer found two kinds of derivational affixes in Ed Sheeran's Equals album, namely prefixes and suffixes. No infixes are used. There are 48 derivational suffixes in Ed Sheeran's song lyrics on the Equals album. It consists of 3 prefixes and 45 suffixes. The types of prefixes used are prefix a-. While the types of suffixes used are suffix -ce, -er, -ing, -ation,  -ion, -ure, -ize, -ite, -ent, -ful, -al, -ed, -y, and -ly.