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C. Method of the Study
The method of the study is divided into two main components. The two components are data collection and data analysis.
1. Data Collection
The data are collected from two dictionaries, namely Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary of Current English Ninth Edition 2015 and The New
Oxford American Dictionary Second Edition 2005. The main source of the data which is words attached to the suffix {-ure} is taken from the first dictionary. All
words ended with the segment –ure in the first dictionary are collected. Nevertheless, since the suffix {-ure} has a function to form a part of speech into a
noun, the words which are not included as noun words are rejected. Another exception also occurs to either blend words or compound words such as
acupuncture, acupressure, blood-pressure, motion picture, etc. Thus, the number of words attached to the suffix {-ure} based on the first dictionary are eighty
seven words. Meanwhile, the second dictionary is used to supply the etymology of words so that it facilitates to sort out the loan words. The second dictionary is
important because some of words having the suffix {-ure} are borrowed from French and Latin. In order to make it specific, there are thirty words that can be
analyzed using synchronic approach and other fifty seven words are analyzed using diachronic approach. Since only analyzing the words attached to the suffix
{-ure}, this present study is classified as a sample study.
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2. Data Analysis
In analyzing the data, the researcher uses some steps in order to find out the answer for the problems appearing in this present study. There are three
problems which are analyzed; the distributions, morphophonemic processes, and meanings of the suffix {-ure}.
Firstly, in analyzing the distributions of the suffix {-ure}, the data are analyzed by two methods. The first method is called as synchronic. It is used to
analyze bases that can be attached to the suffix {-ure}. Those bases are classified based on their parts of speech, last letters, and last phonemes. The second method
is called as diachronic. It is used to observe words which cannot be analyzed synchronically but through its etymology. By using this method, the data are
divided into two types of loaning. The first type is the words borrowing the whole form of the historical words. The second type is the words having bases in their
historical words. Secondly, to answer the second problem is by identifying the sounds of
words using the International Phonetic Alphabet IPA taken from two dictionaries mentioned above. It is used in order to know the pronunciation of
each word. There are two categorizations analyzed. The first is the IPA of the words attached to the suffix {-ure} and the second is the IPA of the bases. Thus,
the morphophonemic processes that occur in the words attached to the suffix {- ure} are able to be analyzed.
Lastly, in order to find out the meanings of the suffix {-ure}, the data are categorized based on their lexical meanings. The step is by finding the
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meanings of the synchronic data. The dictionary which is used is the first dictionary, Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary of Current English Ninth
Edition 2015. After figured out, all of the meanings are categorized according to the particular traits such as ‘the act of-’, ‘the art of-’, etc.
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CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
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