the morphological process. Nominalization is a process of transformation from an adjective or a verb into a noun.
In other words, this study is about identifying and analyzing the verb forms which can be transformed into noun by using suffix –ion, and also
analyzing the morphophonemic process in the nominalization.
B. Problem Formulation
To support the analysis with this topic, the writer formulates the problem into two questions:
1. What verb forms can be nominalized by suffix –ion and how is the process? 2. What morphophonemic processes occur in the nominalization of the suffix
-ion ?
C. Objectives of the Study
There are two objectives in this study. The first one is to identify the verb forms which can be nominalized by using suffix –ion. It means the verb
form is a verb as the base of the suffix. There are so many verbs which are formed by adding the suffixes such as –ate in the word calculate and –ize in
legalize . After that, the writer analyze the verb forms which is nominalized by
suffix –ion using the types of nominalization process to know whether the suffix –ion can be attached directly without changing the form or not.
The second is to observe the morphophonemic process which occurs in nominalization. So, the types and the rules of morphophonemic process can
be known after the process of nominalization.
D. Definition of Terms
To support this analysis there are some definition of terms which are used in this thesis. They are morpheme, suffix, nominalization,
morphophonemic process, noun, and verb. Szymanek 1989:14 states that morpheme is the smallest individual meaningful element in the utterances of a
language. The smallest unit in language is called a morpheme. In morphological study there are suffixes; suffixes are the morphemes
which come to the right of the root Spencer, 2003:5. In other theory, Gleason 1958:131 defines that suffixes are the affixes which follow the root
with which they are more closely associated. Some examples of suffixes in English are -iz in suffixes and -
ɪ
∫ in boyish.
The morphophonemic processes are the transitional between
morphology and phonology Matthews, 1991:146. It can be stated as the combination between two theories, they are morphology and phonology.
Verbs are the words for actions, events, and relations. Examples: kiss, explode, and resemble Akmajian, Demers, and Harnish, 1984: 60.
Nouns are the words for proper names, as well as words for humans, animals and other living things, physical objects, and certain abstract ideas.
Examples: Mary, Edward, Fino, woman, man, dog, tree, chair, pebble, injustice, peace Akmajian Et al, 1984: 60.
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