DERIVATIONAL AFFIXES IN WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S PLAY ROMEO AND JULIET

Authors

  • Chrystien Las Septania Nababan Universitas Methodist Indonesia
  • Esron Ambarita Universitas Methodist Indonesia
  • Vivi Novalia Sitinjak

Keywords:

Morphology, Derivational Affixes, Types, Romeo and Juliet

Abstract

The objective of this study is to find out the types of derivational affixes in William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet. Therefore, this study applied Lieber's (2009) theory to find out the types of derivational affixes. This study was conducted using qualitative research methods. The data in this study are the words that have derivational words in William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. The findings show that there are 104 data of derivational affixes which are divided into three types of derivational affixes; they are prefixes, suffixes, and circumfixes. There are 22 data of prefixes: dis-(2),  un-(12),  in-(3),  en-(1),  and mis-(4), while 69 data of suffixes: -ly(17), -less(3), -ness(7), -ence(3), -ance(3), -ion(8),          -ish(1), -full (5), -en(3), -er/-ar(6), -wise(1), -ity(4), -fy(1), -ian(1), -hood(3), -ous(2), -age(1), and 13 data of circumfixes: un-ed (7), un-ly(1),  dis-ed(3), mis-ed(1),  mis-en(1).

 

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Published

2023-08-31

How to Cite

Nababan, C. L. S., Ambarita, E. ., & Sitinjak, V. N. (2023). DERIVATIONAL AFFIXES IN WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S PLAY ROMEO AND JULIET. METHOPAROLE Jurnal Ilmiah Mahasiswa Fakultas Sastra, 1(1), 8–17. Retrieved from https://ejurnal.methodist.ac.id/index.php/mp/article/view/2218

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2023): Methoparole: Jurnal Ilmiah Mahasiswa Fakultas Sastra

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