27
6 n
2 4.8
7 l
1 2.4
8 d
1 2.4
9 s
1 2.4
Total 42
100
i. The Base Ending with the Last Letter ‘e’
The base ending with letter „e’ is the most productive one among the other bases ending in the previous table. The data are dominated by the bases ending
with the letter „e’. There are 14 bases which can be attached to the suffix {-ful}. It
means that from all of the data, the occurrence of the bases ending with the letter „e’ is more than 30. These are the following data.
Table 5. The Last Letter ‘e’ Receiving the Suffix {-ful} No
Bases Words
1 care
careful 2
fate fateful
3 force
forceful 4
grace graceful
5 hate
hateful 6
peace peaceful
7 purpose
purposeful 8
remorse remorseful
9 shame
shameful 10
taste tasteful
11 use
useful 12
waste wasteful
13 plate
plateful 14
grate grateful
28
The table above shows the bases ending with the letter „e’. After the suffixation of the suffix {-ful}, the words such as,
fateful
,
tasteful
,
useful
, and
wasteful
are formed. The suffix {-ful} does not change to any other form in the words
tasteful
,
useful
,
wasteful
, and
fateful
. From this analysis, we can discover that the addition of the suffix {-ful} can be attached directly without any
alteration. There is an exception on the base ending with the letter „e’ which is the
base
grate
. Grate is a diachronic data because the words
grate
and
grateful
have different meanings. The diachronic method is not applied since the researcher puts
the limitation of the study. In addition, there is only one word that is categorized as a diachronic data. Hence, the analysis of word
grate
is regarded as the exceptional case. The word
grateful
is not constructed by the base
grate
with the attachment of the suffix {-ful}. However, the word
grateful
is derived from obsolete Latin
gratus +
-ful. The word
gratus
means „pleasing, agreeable, and thankful’.
ii. The Base Ending with the Last Letter ‘t’
Based on the data collection, there are also the bases ending with the letter „t’. There are seven bases ending with the letter „t’. The data occurrences of the
bases ending with „t’ attached to the suffix {-ful} can be seen in the table below.
Table 6. The Last Letter ‘t’ Receiving the Suffix {-ful} No
Bases Words
1 doubt
doubtful 2
forget forgetful
3 fright
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