Background of the Study
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placed in the middle of two bases. Lastly, suffix is an affix attached to the end of base.
The main focus of this study is the form of the affixation. To limit the scope of the study, the adjective suffix {-ful} is discussed in this study. The
researcher has the attempts to analyze deeper and explain more specific about this suffix. The consideration of choosing this topic is because the suffixation is the
most productive process in English vocabularies. Moreover, the suffixation has existed since the period of Old English. One of suffixes from Old English that still
exists in Modern English is the suffix {-ful}. Carol mentions that the English the suffix {-ful} in masterful, playful and useful creates adjectives. Meanwhile the
words such as armful, cupful, and spoonful create nouns. The suffix {-ful} is developed from the adjective -full, which has already existed in Old English.
However, the suffix {-ful} already used in present-day English 2014: 272-273. In other word, the suffix {-ful} is originated from Old English “full” which means
“full-of”. The usage of “full” is commonly attached at the head of a word such as fulbrecan means “full of violate”. In addition, the suffix {-ful} is often used in
English words and it is easy to find in daily life. The English suffix {-ful} in beautiful and shameful creates an adjective, while the suffix {-ful} in cupful and
spoonful creates a noun. From the changes above, the researcher finds that the suffix {-ful} forms the lexical categories of words differently.
In a morpheme, there are two morphological processes. The first one is derivational morpheme and the second one is inflectional morpheme. O’Grady,
Dobrovolksky, and Aronoff state that a derivational morpheme is “a bound PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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morpheme that can create a word with a meaning or category distinct from the stem of word or stem” 2010: 122. The function of suffix {-ful} is categorized
into the derivational suffix that makes a new word with a new meaning, and thus it also changes the lexical category.
Suffix is an important part of the English language since the process of affixation is often used to form a new word. There are several suffixes which
change the lexical category and the meaning of the words. For instance, the word beauty noun and nation noun after added to the suffixes {-ful} and {-al}
become beautiful adjective and national adjective. It shows that these suffixes change the lexical category of the words before and after attached to the suffixes.
Thus, the researcher attempts to prove that the suffix {-ful} changes the lexical category through the morphological process. In addition, each suffix has its own
rules of usage, and it is used with different words because not all the words can be attached to the suffix {-ful}.
In order to gain the adequate data for this study, the researcher analyzes twenty five short stories from The COMPLETE SHORT STORIES of Ernest
Hemingway. The reasons why the researcher uses that short stories are because that short story is often used by the students of English Letters Department of
Sanata Dharma University, especially in several courses, such as Prose 1, Writing VI Essay Writing, and Writing V Creative Writing. Besides, in this short story,
there are many words containig the suffix {-ful}. Therefore, this study aims to look for any words containing the suffix {-ful} from The COMPLETE SHORT
STORIES of Ernest Hemingway. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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This study is expected to give the readers better understanding in learning adjective suffixes, especially in learning the suffix {-ful}. It is helpful for the
readers to understand the form and the function of the suffix {-ful}. Moreover, through this study, the readers are given more understanding about the
morphophonemic processes of the suffix {-ful}.