Katamba 1993:44 says that a suffix is an affix attached after a root or stem or base like –ly, -er, -ist, -s, -ing and -ed
. For example:
Base form suffix
ENGLISH play + {–er} Æ player
BATAK SIMALUNGUN inum
+ {-on} Æ inumon
LANGUAGE ‘drink’
‘which is drunk’
English and Batak Simalungun Language absolutely come from different language families. And also, I come from Batak Simalungun family. That is why I
am interested in analyzing the suffixation of the two languages. Dealing with the contrastive analysis between English and Batak
Simalungun Language in affixation process especially in suffixes, the writer is going to answer the question “Are there any correspondences, partly
correspondences, and non-correspondences between English and Batak Simalungun Language in terms of their suffixes?”
1.2 Problems
In this thesis, I try to solve the problems and make them easier to understand by giving further explanation about suffixes in English and Batak
Simalungun Language. The problems to be investigated are:
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1. How are the morphological process of suffix in English and Batak
Simalungun Language? 2.
Are there any correspondences, partly correspondences, and non- correspondences of analysis of form, distribution, function, and meaning
of suffixes in both languages?
1.3 Scope of Analysis
As it might be understood, the study of contrastive linguistics has a wide scope. It is difficult for me to analyze all aspects and cases involved. For the
accuracy of the result, I focus my analysis on contrasting of suffixes in both languages which are attached to word and contrasting them from aspects of form,
distribution, function, and meaning.
1.4 Objectives of the Analysis
There are some objectives of writing this thesis. They are as follows: 1.
To explain the morphological process of suffix in English and Batak Simalungun Language.
2. To find out the correspondences, partly correspondences, and the
non-correspondences of suffixes in both languages.
1.5 The Significances of the Analysis
Having known the objectives of the analysis, it is expected that the readers will get some significances of the analysis. The significances expected are as
follows:
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1. This thesis will show the readers the form, distribution, function and
meaning of suffixes in both languages. 2.
This thesis will give the readers the knowledge about contrastive suffixes in both languages.
3. This thesis can be a reference to the students who are studying in
linguistics.
1.6 Review of Related Literature
In supporting the idea of the analysis, the writer collected and used some books which are relevant to the topic. All these have given much contribution to
the writer in writing this thesis. Those can be seen in the discussion. Ridwan 1998:8 states that Analisis Kontrastif adalah suatu metode
penganalisisan linguistik yang berusaha mendeskripsikan, membuktikan, dan menguraikan perbedaan atau persamaan aspek-aspek kebahasaan dari dua
bahasa atau lebih yang dibandingkan Contrastive Analysis is a method of
linguistic analysis that tries to describe, prove, and analyze the dissimilarities and similarities of audio-lingual aspects of two or more compared languages. The
use of terms ‘similarity and dissimilarity’ are narrow or limited because those terms refer to the condition if all aspects that are compared are same they can be
said ‘similarity’ and vise verse. So, it is advised to use the terms ‘correspondence’, ‘partly-correspondence’, and ‘non-correspondence’.
Amron 1982:137, in his thesis entitled Suatu Analisis Kontrastif Antara Sufiks Bahasa Minangkabau Dengan Bahasa Inggeris
, the thesis analyzes the form, distribution, function, and meaning of suffixes in both languages.
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In this thesis, it is found there are more non-correspondences than correspondences between English and Minangkabau Language. In his thesis, he
analyzes the form, distribution, function, and meaning of suffixes in both languages.
Unrich, et.al. 1984: 52 in the book entitled Morfologi dan Sintaksis Bahasa Batak Simalungun
. In this book the writer finds out the suffixes that are found in Batak Simalungun Language and also the form, distribution, function,
and meaning of this language. All these literature above are supporting for me because their description
can give the explanation concerning with the topic being discussed.
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II. THEORITICAL FRAMEWORK
2.1 Morphology
