is attached to it, it becomes ‘imperialist’ that is included in noun. While, the word ‘human’ is included in noun; if suffix –ist is attached to it, it becomes ‘humanist’
that is included in noun too.
d. Meaning Suffix -ist may indicate the meaning of ‘action or condition’ of what is
mentioned in the base form e.g.: human
+ -ist Æ
humanist ‘human act’ imperial +
-ist Æ
imperialist imperial act’ From the data above, it can be seen that if suffix –age is attached to the
word ‘human’, it becomes ‘humanist’ that indicates the meaning of ‘human act’. And, if suffix –ist is attached to the word ‘imperial’, it becomes ‘imperialist’ that
indicates the meaning of ‘imperial act’.
5.1.14 Suffix –ate
a. Form • It is found that suffix –ate can not be attached to the base which is ended by
vowel phoneme. e.g.:
motive +
-ate Æ motivate
captive +
-ate Æ captivate
• It is found that suffix –ate can be attached to the base which is ended with consonant phoneme.
e.g.: origin
+ -ate
Æ originate
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• It is found that suffix –ate can be attached to the base which is ended with semivowel phoneme.
e.g.: consider +
-ate Æ considerate • It is found that suffix –ate can not be attached to the base which is ended with
diphthong phoneme. • It is found that suffix –ate can not be attached to the base which is ended with
cluster phoneme. From the data above, it can be seen that suffix –ate can be attached to the base
which is ended by vowel, consonant, and semivowel phoneme.
b. Distribution Suffix –ate may be attached to the base as follows:
• Noun e.g.:
motive n +
-ate Æ motivate
• Verb e.g.:
consider v + -ate
Æ considerate From the data above, it can be seen that suffix –ate can be attached to the
base of verb and noun. The word ‘motive’ is included in noun. If suffix –ate is attached to it, it becomes ‘motivate’. And, the word ‘consider’ is included in verb.
If suffix –ate is attached to it, it becomes ‘considerate’. c. Function
The function of suffix –ate may be described as follows: • to form verb from noun
e.g.: origin n +
-ate Æ originate
v
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• To form adjective from verb e.g.:
consider v + -ate
Æ considerate Adj
From the data above, there are two functions of suffix –ate. They are to form verb from noun and to form adjective from verb. The word ‘origin’ is
included in noun; if suffix –ist is attached to it, it becomes ‘originate’ that is included in verb. While, the word ‘consider’ is included in verb; if suffix –ate is
attached it, it becomes ‘considerate’ that is included in adjective.
d. Meaning Suffix –ate indicate to say action which is related to the meaning of the
base form. e.g.: motive
+ -ate
Æ motivate ‘to be a cause’
captive +
-ate Æ captivate
‘to charm’
From the data above, it can be seen that if suffix –ate is attached to the word ‘motive’, it becomes ‘motivate’ that indicates the meaning of ‘to be a cause’.
And, if suffix –ate is attached to the word ‘captive’, it becomes ‘captivate’ that indicates the meaning of ‘to charm’.
5.1.15 Suffix –ism
