The example shows that possessive case incorrect is included in the morphological analysis. It focuses on the analysis of the word Will. The omission of
inflection „s on the word Will influences the formation of possessive case. The
apostrophe „s aims to show that Will is the ownership of the power.
c. Third Person Singular Verb Incorrect
The third language category is third person singular verb incorrect. There are two songs included in this category. The data are presented through the table as
follows:
Table 5. Grammatical Error in Third Person Singular Verb Incorrect Songs
Grammatical Errors
Grammatical Processes
American English
Feeling My Self
She give me IQ that mean she get
a head Omission
She gives me IQ that means she gets a head
I Like to Move It
Somebody say ho
Omission Somebody says ho
Third person singular verb incorrect is the error that influences the word formation of main verbs for third person singular. The examples of the third person
singular include he, she, it, everyone, something, and someone. The verb of this category refers to an action that shows habitual or fact experience. Thus, the main
verbs, followed by the third person singular, need to be added by suffix –s.
The data shows that the errors get the omission of suffix –s on verbs give, get,
and say. The missing suffix –s influences the formation of verb in the present tense.
Based on the data, she and somebody are included as third person singular subject. She is categorized as the definite pronoun because it points to the specific one.
However, somebody is categorized as the indefinite pronoun. It represents the subject he or she that does not mention to a specific person. Thus, the verbs give, get, and say
should be changed into gives, gets, and says Moreover, the verb mean should be changed into means. It occurs because she
give me IQ as the main clause represents the form of third person singular subject which is it. Based on the analysis, the examples above show that third person
singular verb incorrect is included in the morphological analysis. It focuses on the analysis of the words give, mean, get, and say. The omission of suffix
–s on the words influences the form of verb in the present tense.
2. Syntactical Analysis