CHAPTER IV DESCRIPTION AND ANALYSIS
4.1 English Prefixes
Basically, the English has more prefixes than Minangkabaunese prefixes. However in this thesis, the writer analyze six prefix in English
Prefix re-
Prefix en-
Prefix un-
Prefix co-
Prefix mis-
Prefix hyper-
4.1.1 Prefix re- a Form
prefix re- does not have any change when it is attached to the base be- ginning with vowel or consonant phonemes.
Vowel
Examples: re- + adjust readjust ‘to adjust again’
re- + action reaction ‘to action again’
Consonant
Examples: re- + play replay ‘to play again’
re- + write rewrite ‘to write again’
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b Distribution
Prefix re- may be attached to the base as follows:
Verb Examples: re- + write V
rewrite ‘to write again’ re- + organize V
reorganize ‘to organize again’ Noun
Examples: re- + cycle N recycle ‘to treat things can be used
again’ re- + dress N
redress ‘correct that is wrong’
Adjective Examples: re- + fresh Adj
refresh ‘to make fresh again’ re- + fine Ajd
refine ‘to make s substance pure’
c Function
The function of prefix re- may describe as follows:
To form Verb from Noun Examples: re- + cycle N
recycle ‘ to treat things can be used again’
re- + dress N redress ‘to treat things can be used
again’
The function of prefix re- does not have any change the word class if
it attached to the base form of verb.
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Examples: re- + examine V reexamine V ‘to examine about again’
re- + order V reorder V ‘to order again’
To form Verb from Adjective
Examples: re- + fresh Adj refresh V ‘to make fresh again’
re- + fine Adj refine V to make a substance pure’
d Meaning
To indicate the meaning of ‘to do again’
Examples: re- + write rewrite ‘to write again’
re- + play replay ‘to play again’
4.1.2 Prefix en- a. Form
Vowel
Examples: en- + able enable ‘to make able to do something’
en- + act enact ‘to make act to do somethig’
Consonant
Examples: en- + close enclose ‘
en- + danger endanger ‘
prefix en- does not have any change when it is attached to the base form beginning with vowel or consonant phonemes except p or b. The prefix en- will
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change into em-. When it is attached to the base form beginning with phonemes p or b.
Examples: en- + balm embalm ‘doing aplly balm’
en- + power empower ‘to give power or authority to
act’
b. Distribution