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7 mercy
merciful 8
peace peaceful
9 purpose
purposeful 10
remorse remorseful
11 truth
truthful 12
care careful
13 taste
tasteful 14
use useful
15 waste
wasteful 16
wrath wrathful
From the table above, the bases such as beauty, duty, fate. fright, joy, mercy, and peace considered as nouns before receiving the suffix {-ful}.
Therefore, the suffix {-ful} takes the noun as its base.
b. The Verb Bases
After analyzing the data, verb bases can be attached to the suffix {-ful}. Below are the data examples of the verb bases taken from The COMPLETE
SHORT STORIES of Ernest Hemingway and also reinforced with Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary of Current English Seventh Edition 2005.
Table 3. The Verb Base Receiving the Suffix {-ful} No
Bases Words
1 resent
resentful 2
forget forgetful
Plag 2003: 90 defines that the adjectival {-ful} attaches to verb bases such as forgetful, resentful, and mournful. As understanding the theory, there are
only three words that can be attached to the suffix {-ful}. In this study, there are only two words of the verb base so that the verb base becomes less productive in
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receiving the suffix {-ful}. The base resent is classified as a verb base. After the base resent attaches to the suffix {-ful}, it becomes an adjective word resentful. It
is also similar to the base forget. It takes a verb as its base.
2. The Distribution of the Bases Receiving the Suffix {-ful}
There are two methods which are applied in analyzing the bases receiving the suffix {-ful}. The first method is the analysis of the last letters. The data are
examined based on the last letter of the bases of the suffix {-ful}. In the second method, the data are examined based on the last phoneme of the bases receiving
the suffix {-ful}. a.
The Last Letters of the Base
In this part, the bases receiving the suffix {-ful} are analyzed based on the spelling and writing of the words. The analysis of the last letter of the bases is
needed since there are several words undergo the alteration orthographically. It means, the attachment of the suffix {-ful} can modify several bases
orthographically. Below are the data based on the last letter of the bases receiving the suffix {-ful}.
Table 4. The Occurrence of the Last Letters of the Base Receiving the Suffix {-ful}
No. Last Letters of The
Base Occurence
Percentage
1 e
14 33.3
2 t
8 19.0
3 r
5 12
4 y
6 14.2
5 h
4 9.5
