CHAPTER IV THE ANALYSIS OF SUFFIXES IN ENGLISH AND ACHEHNESE
4.1 Form
Suffixes can be attached to base form ended with vowel phonemes English
Achehnese
1. – able 1. – that
marriage +-able marriageable
gasa + -that
gasathat 2. – en
2. – pih wake
+ -en waken
haba + -pih
habapih 3. – er
3. – sit write
+ -er writer
hana + -sit
hanasit 4. – ful
4. – kon use
+ -ful useful
baroe + -kon
baroekon
5. – ity 5. – keuh
active +
-ity activity me
+ -keuh mekeuh
6. – ing smile
+ -ing smiling
7. – ize sterile + -ize
sterilize 8. – ly
complete + -ly completely
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9. – ment agree
+ -ment agreement 10. – ness
strange + -ness strangeness
Based on the data above, it can be analyze that :
In English all suffixes are formed by some phonemes
In Achehnese, all suffixes are formed by some phonemes too.
In English, all suffixes can be attached to base form ended with vowel phoneme
In Achehnese, all suffixes can be attached to base form ended with vowel phoneme too.
Suffixes can be attached to base form ended with consonant phonemes English
Achehnese
1. – able 1. – that
accept +-able acceptable rayeuk
+ -that
rayeukthat 2. – en
2. – pih weak
+ -en weaken
bah + -pih
bahpih 3. – er
3. – sit big
+ -er bigger
jak + -sit
jaksit 4. – ful
4. – kon help
+-ful helpful
manyak + -kon manyakkon
5. – ity 5. – keuh
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elastic +
-ity elasticity meunan + -keuh meunankeuh 6. – ing
walk + -ing walking
7. – ize modern + -ize
modernize 8. – ly
quick + -ly quickly
9. – ment develop + -ment development
10. – ness mad
+ -ness madness
From the data above, it can be analyzed that :
In English all suffixes can be attached to base form ended with consonant phoneme.
In Achehnese all suffixes can be attached to base form ended with consonant
phoneme too.
Suffixes that can be attached to cluster English
Achehnese
1. – ing 1. – pih
teach + -ing
teaching beuklam
+ -pih beuklampih
watch + -ing watching
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2. – sit – cit saban
+ -cit sabancit
3. – kon manyak
+ -kon manyakkon
from the data above, it can be analyze that :
In English, only suffix –ing can be attached to base form ended with cluster phoneme and suffix -able, -en, -er, -ful, -ity, -ize, -ly, -ment, -ness cannot be
attached to base form ended with cluster phoneme.
In Achehnese, suffix –pih, -sit -cit, -kon can be attached to base form ended with cluster phoneme but suffix -that, -keuh cannot be attached to base form ended
with cluster phoneme.
Suffixes that can be attached to semivowel English
Achehnese
1. – able There is no suffixes can be attached to
bear + -able bearable
semivowel 2. – er
supply + -er supplier
3. – ful wonder + -ful
wonderful
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4. – ing draw
+ -ing drawing 5. – ize
author + -ize authorize
6. – ly slow
+ -ly slowly
Based on the data above, it can be analyze that :
In English, suffix -able, -er, -ful, -ing, -ize, -ly can be attached to base form ended with semivowel phoneme and suffix -en, -ity, -ment, -ness cannot be attached to
base form ended with semivowel phoneme.
In Achehnese, there is no suffixes can be attached to semivowel phoneme.
Suffixes can be attached to diphthong English
Achehnese
1. – able There is no suffixes can be attached to
enjoy + -able enjoyable
diphthong in Achenese 2. – ful
play + -ful playful
3. – ing fly + -ing
flying
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from the data above, it can be analyze that :
In English, it is found that suffix -able, -ful, -ing can be attached to base form ended with diphthong phoneme and suffix -en, -er, -ity, -ize, -ly, -ment, -ness
cannot be attached to base form ended with diphthong phoneme.
In Achehnese, there is no suffixes can be attached to diphthong phoneme.
4.2 Distribution