feeling in love a country’. And, if suffix –ism is attached to the word ‘journal’, it becomes ‘journalism’ that indicates the meaning of ‘the work of collecting news’.
5.1.16 suffix –ity
a. Form • It is found that suffix –ity can be attached to the base which is ended by vowel
phoneme. e.g.: active
+ -ity Æ activity
• It is found that suffix –ity can be attached to the base which is ended with consonant phoneme.
e.g.: elastic
+ -ity
Æ elasticity abnormal
+ -ity
Æ abnormality • It is found that suffix –ity can not be attached to the base which is ended with
semivowel phoneme. • It is found that suffix –ity can not be attached to the base which is ended with
diphthong phoneme. • It is found that suffix –ity can not be attached to the base which is ended with
cluster phoneme. From the data above, it can be seen that suffix –ism can be attached to the base
which is ended by vowel and consonant phoneme.
b. Distribution Suffix –ity may be attached to the base as follows:
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• Noun e.g :
Christian n + -ity
Æ Christianity • Adjective
e.g.: elastic adj +
-ity Æ elasticity
From the data above, it can be seen that suffix –ity can be attached to the base of noun and adjective. The word ‘Christian’ is included in noun. If suffix –ity
is attached to it, it becomes ‘Christianity’. And, the word ‘elastic’ is included in adjective. If suffix –ity is attached to it, it becomes ‘elasticity’.
c. Function The function of suffix –ity is to form noun from adjective.
e.g.: active adj
+ -ity
Æ activity n
abnormal adj +
-ity Æ abnormalityn
From the data above, the function of suffix –ity is to form noun from adjective. The word ‘active and ‘abnormal’ are included in adjective; if suffix –ity
is attached to them, they become ‘activity’ and ‘abnormality’ that are included in noun
d. Meaning Suffix –ity is to say an action which is related to the base form.
e.g: active
+ -ity
Æ activity ‘the state of being active or
lively’ turgid
+ -ity
Æ turgidity ‘the state of difficulty to
understand’
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From the data above, it can be seen that suffix –ity is indicate the meaning of an action which is related to the base. If suffix –ity is attached to the word
‘active’, it becomes ‘activity’ that indicates the meaning of ‘the state of being active or lively’. And, if suffix –ity is attached to the word ‘turgid’, it becomes
‘turgidity’ that indicates the meaning of ‘the state of difficulty to understand’.
5.1.17 Suffix –ic
