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CHAPTER II THEORETICAL REVIEW
This chapter consists of three parts namely review of related studies, review of related theories and theoretical framework. The review of related studies talked about
the other study concerning the English prefixes done by other researcher. In the review of related theories, it would be presented the theories related to the studies,
while theoretical review framework would explain the significance of the related studies and related studies toward the discussion of the research.
2.1 Review of Related Studies
A similar thesis has been conducted by Novita Artasari. In her thesis, Artasari 2000 has answered three problems namely, the word class of the stems that can
occur with the prefixes, the meaning of the prefixes and the morphophonemic process occurs in the prefixes. Based on the discussion, the research came up with three
points. First, the prefix fore- can only occur with nouns and verbs, while the prefixes ante-, post-
and pre- can occur with nouns, verbs and adjectives. The category of the derived words with the prefixes do not undergo changes, meaning that the word
classes of the stems are still in the same categories in which after the prefixes are attached to them. Since the word classes of the stems do not change, it can be
concluded that the prefixes do not follow the characteristic of derivational morpheme. As it is said that derivation creates a new word by changing the category and or the
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meaning of the base to which it applies O’Grady Dobrovolsky, 1989:99. In this, the prefixes ante-, fore-, post-, pre- create new words without changing the category
of the stems. Second, from the thesis’s discussion about the meanings of the prefixes, especially by referring to the additional meanings this research found out that those
prefixes does not merely show the time. The meanings are in some extent showing the sequence of place, instead of the sequence of time. Third, concerning the
morphophonemic process, the prefixes ante-, fore-, post-, pre- only undergo the stress shifts. Yet the stress shifting is with no definite rules to each of the derived words
with those prefixes. The current research is similar to the thesis composed by Artasari. First, the
research is about morphological analysis. Second, the discussion is about the English prefixes derived from Latin. However, the current research developed another
English prefixes that show measurement, namely prefixes of mega-, macro- , poly- and multi- which are still widely used and still possible to be formed new words.
2.2 Review of Related Theories
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