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of lexical category. It is changed into an adjective class. Another example is the word achieve. The base achieve as a verb changes into achievement as a noun
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CHAPTER II REVIEW OF LITERATURE
A. Review of Related Studies
In this part, the researcher intends to review five studies that can be related to this study. Those five studies have certain similarities to this study. Firstly, the
studies reviewed are related to the same topic as this study which is suffixation. Secondly, the studies reviewed have the same methodology as this study which is
a morphological study. Thirdly, the studies reviewed have the same aim as this study which is to find the meaning of the suffix in certain words.
The first related study is taken from Prasetya’s thesis 2012. In his study, he figures out two things. The first is the characteristics of base followed by the
suffix {-age} and the suffix {-ment}. The second thing is the functions of the suffixes {-age} and {-ment}. The previous researcher examines which word
should be added to the suffix {-age} and which word should be added to the suffix {-ment}.
After analyzing his study, Prasetya recognizes that there are some results of his study. Firstly, Prasetya finds out that the only base that can be attached to
the suffix {-ment} is a verb. Secondly, the suffix {-age} can be attached to certain adverbs, nouns, and verbs. Specifically, the noun base for this suffix can be both
concrete noun and abstract noun. As reading his study, there are differences and similarities between Prasetya’s study and this study. From the characteristics of
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{-ful} follow either a concrete noun or an abstract noun. It is also similar to the suffix {-age} that can follow either a concrete noun or an abstract noun.
The difference from the study that is conducted by Prasetya and this study are the functions of the suffixes. The previous researcher identifies that the
functions of suffix {-age} change a verb to a noun, a noun to a noun, and adverb to a noun, whereas the suffix {-ment} only has one function that changes a verb to
a noun. Compared to this study, the researcher only focuses on the functions of the suffix {-ful}.
The second related study is taken from Maharani’s undergraduate thesis 2000. This study discusses the bases receiving the suffix {-cy} and the
allomorphs of the suffix {-cy}. As a result, the suffix {-cy} is a derivational suffix that mostly attaches to adjective bases although it also attaches to noun and verb
bases. It can be concluded that this study analyzes the bases receiving the suffix {- cy}. In addition, this study argues that the suffix {-cy} represents two allomorphs
namely {-ancy} and {-ency}. This study is closely related to the previous study. In the beginning, the
present study starts with the distribution of suffix {-ful}, which is related to the analysis of the base. This study also examines the base that can be combined by
the suffix {-ful}. Furthermore, from the analysis of the bases, there is a similarity shared by both studies which lies on the objective. Both studies aim to find out the
bases that mostly attach to the suffixes {-ful} and {-cy}. The third related study is from Setyorini’s undergraduate thesis 2005.
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