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Moreover, this study gives more understanding about the morphophonemic processes of suffix {-ure}.
B. Problem Formulation
In analyzing the morphological analysis of the suffix {-ure}, this study attempts to answer the following questions.
1. What are the distributions of the suffix {-ure}?
2. What are the morphophonemic processes that occur in words attached to the
suffix {-ure}?
3. What are the meanings of the suffix {-ure}?
C. Objectives of the Study
Related to the problems above, this study has three objectives. The first objective is to find out the distributions or the base words which are able to be
attached to the suffix {-ure}. The second objective is to observe the morphophonemic processes of the suffix {-ure} in order to find out the changes
that occur when the suffix {-ure} is attached to base words. The third objective is to identify the meaning of suffix {-ure}.
D. Definition of Terms
In this part, there are some explanations of terms used in the study. The definitions are provided in order to avoid misunderstanding of the terms. The first
terminology is morphology. O’Grady and Archibald state that morphology is
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“the part of grammar that is concerned with words and word formation” 2010: 116. In addition, according to Akmajian et al., morphology is “the subfield of
linguistics that studies the internal structure of words and the relationships among words” 2001: 12.
In short, morphology is one of the linguistic studies that concerns with words structure.
The second terminology is suffix. There are two definitions of suffix.
The first one says “an affix that is attached to the end of its base is termed a
suffix” O’Grady and Archibald, 2010: 120. Another definition is stated by
Akmajian et al. that gives an opinion that suffix is “when they are attached to the end of another morpheme” 2001: 18. Affixes {-ly}, {-ment}, and {-er} in the
words softly, government, and teacher are the examples of suffixes.
The third terminology is distribution. Katamba 1993: 27 states that
distribution is the basic method used to identify morphemes. A morpheme means the smallest unit of language that contains meaning or function O’Grady and
Archibald, 2010: 117. In other words, distribution is the important process in analyzing morphemes.
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