1. Morphological Analysis
The first analysis is morphology. This analysis focuses on the discussion of the word construction in
Will I Am‟s lyrics. According to the whole data, there are three language categories that are found in morphological analysis. The categories
include indefinite article incorrect, possessive case incorrect, and third person singular verb incorrect. The results of analysis are presented as follows:
a. Indefinite Article Incorrect
The first language category covers indefinite article incorrect. There are two songs that are included in this category. The data are described on the table as
follows:
Table 3. Grammatical Error in Indefinite Article Incorrect Songs
Grammatical Errors
Grammatical Processes
American English Feeling My
Self
a expert Alternating
Form an expert
I like to Move It
a earthquake Alternating
Form an earthquake
Indefinite article incorrect is the error that lies on the use of article a and an. In this context, indefinite article incorrect is included in the morphological analysis. It
focuses on the analysis of a word which is a or an that influences the choice of the article to the following noun. In American English, the indefinite article follows the
form of nouns. However, both examples show that the article a is placed after vowels. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
Based on surface strategy taxonomy, they are influenced by the process of alternating forms. It means there is a misuse of placing article a and an. In American
English, vowels are followed by the article an, while consonants are followed by the article a. However, the example is against the American English rule because the
article a is not followed by the consonants. Thus, the phrases should be an expert instead of a expert and an earthquake instead of a earthquake.
b. Possessive Case Incorrect
The second language category is possessive case incorrect. It is the error that influences the word formation that marks the possessive case. There is a song
included in this category. The error is described on the table as follows:
Table 4. Grammatical Error in Possessive Case Incorrect Songs
Grammatical Errors
Grammatical Processes
American English Feeling My
Self
Will power Omission
Will‟s power
The error that is seen based on surface strategy taxonomy occurs because of the omission of an element. In this case, the error gets omission of the apostrophe
„s. To show the proper structure of possessive pronouns, the apostrophe s is placed after
the agent Will. In American English, the apostrophe „s is used to refer to possessive
pronouns. As a result, the example should be Will‟s power instead of Will power.
The example shows that possessive case incorrect is included in the morphological analysis. It focuses on the analysis of the word Will. The omission of
inflection „s on the word Will influences the formation of possessive case. The
apostrophe „s aims to show that Will is the ownership of the power.
c. Third Person Singular Verb Incorrect
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