AN ANALYSIS OF DERIVATIONAL AFFIXES FOUND IN THE ROBIN HOOD NOVEL BY HENRY GILBERT

Abstract

This final project focuses on investigating morphology which has a relation on mastering vocabulary. In the field of linguistic, one of the parts of studying morphology is derivational affixes. The objectives of the research are; 1) to find out the derivational prefixes and suffixes in the “Robin Hood novel by Henry Gilbert”. 2) to find out the most dominant type of affixes found in the “Robin Hood Novel by Henry Gilbert”. 3) To find out the contributions of “Robin Hood Novel by Henry Gilbert” in teaching vocabulary. This research is a qualitative research which the data of this research are taken from all of the words that are attached prefix and suffix is not using statistical calculation to find out the derivational affixes and the roots of the words in the “Robin Hood Novel by Henry Gilbert”. The result of the research shows that there are 31 kinds of affixes, they are un-(12), dis- (3), in- (5), re- (2), im- (2) as prefixes and -ly (183), -ion (30), -less (38) -al (10), -or (3), -ment (11), -ous (21), -er (25), -ence (15), -ness (43), -tion (16), -ive (1), -ty(1), -ful (36), -ish (3), -able (12), -ance(10), -age (2), -ure (1), -ry (1), -hood (1), -ship (1), -ity (3), -ant (1), -cy (1), -y (22) as suffixes. From the data above, the number of suffixes is more than prefixes. The result of the research also shows that the most frequently present of derivational affixes is suffix -ly (183). The number of the roots from the words that has been classified based on the part of speech are 185 adjective roots, 145 verb roots, and 130 noun roots. Based on the results of this final project, especially in increasing vocabulary and understanding derivational affixes, the researcher suggests that the researcher suggests that the English teacher or lecturer should be more creative to get students’ interest in learning English, the teacher should use other alternative media beside the handbooks like novels, films, poems, etc. Selecting an appropriate teaching strategy and media takes an important part in the success of learning English.