4.1.5 Compounding
According to Booij 2007:93, compounding is the process of combining two or more free and bound morphemes to create a new word. The writer found some
compounding words in the novel. At least, the writer specifies the compounding words into two groups:
4.1.4.1 Free morphemes Table 4.4 - Findings of Free Morphemes
No. Compounding
Words No. of Data
Free Morpheme Free Morpheme
1 sunday N
data 1 sun N
day N 2
alongshore Adv. data 3
along Prep. shore N
3 somewhere Adv.
data 7 some det.
where Adv. 4
timetable N data 11
time N table N
5 nothing Pron.
data 18 no det.
thing N 6.
whatever det. data 19
what Pron. ever Adv.
7 afternoon N
data 23 after Prep.
noon N 8
automobile N data 28
auto N mobile Adj.
9 subway N
data 37 sub N
way N 10
something Pron. data 44
some det. thing N
11 hydroplane N
data 48 hydro
plane N 12
dashboard N data 52
dash N board N
13 everybody Pron.
data 64 every Adj.
body N 14
windshield N data 65
wind N shield N
15 roadhouse N
data 70 road N
house N 16
sideway N data 85
side N way N
17 otherwise Adv
data 91 other Adj
wise Adj 18
threadbare Adj data 95
thread N bare Adj
19 sawdust N
data 96 saw N
dust N 20
machinegun N data 98
machine N gun N
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21 forward Adj
data 99 for Prep
ward N 22
submerge V data 106
sub N merge V
23 extraordinary Adj
data 110 extra Adj
ordinary Adj 24
photograph N data 112
photo N graph N
25 archway N
data 114 arch N
way N 26
forget V data 119
for Prep get V
27 motorcycle N
data 127 motor N
cycle N 28
policeman N data 128
Police N Man N
29 alongside Adv
data 130 along Prep.
side N 30
sunlight N data 132
sun N light N
31 without Prep
data 142 with Prep
out Adv 32
outside N data 145
out Adv side N
33 somebody Pron
data 160 some det
body N 34
daylight N data 161
day N light N
34 sidewalk N
data 165 side N
walk V 35
handsome Adj data 183
hand N some det
36 gentleman N
data 184 gentle Adj
man N 37
outstay V data 193
out Adv stay V
38 bandage N
data 216 band N
age N 39
forehead N data 230
fore Adj head N
40 starlight N
data 243 star N
light N 41
anything Pron. data 246
any Pron. thing N
42 roadside N
data 257 road N
side N 43
raincoat N data 273
rain N coat N
44 greenhouse N
data 276 green Adj
house N 45
everything Pron data 282
every Adj thing N
46 overwhelming Adj
data 294 over Prep
whelming Adj 47
mantelpiece N data 303
mantel piece N
48 commonplace Adj
data 311 common Adj
place N 49
twinkle-bell N data 339
twinkle N bell N
50 sunshine N
data 340 sun N
shine V 51
bedroom N data 350
bed N room N
52 season N
data 357 sea N
son N
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53 meantime Adv
data 374 mean V
time N 54
goodbye N data 375
good Adj. bye
55 rowboat N
data 390 row N
boat N 56
outlet N data 404
out Adv let V
57 newspaper N
data 414 news N
paper N 58
seaboard N data 422
sea N board N
59 horseback N
data 435 horse N
back N 60
overcoat N data 452
over Prep coat N
61 moonlight N
data 473 moon N
light N 62
sometime Adv. data 477
some det. time N
63 guest-room N
data 494 guest N
room N 64
overhead Adj. data 405
over Prep. head N
65 forever Adv
data 508 for Prep.
ever Adv.
4.1.4.2 Free morphemes and bound morphemes Table 4.5 - Findings of Free Morphemes and Bound Morphemes
No. Compounding
Words No. of Data
Free Morpheme
Freebound morpheme
Freebound morpheme
1 bootlegger N
data 5 boot N
leg N -er
2 cocktails N
data 8 cock N
tail N -s
3 eyeballs N
data 140 eye N
ball N -s
4 highballs N
data 156 high Adj
ball N -s
5 sportswoman N
data 182 sport N
-s- woman N
6 overseas Adj
data 221 over prep
sea N -s
7 bridesmaid N
data 225 bride N
-s- maid N
8 downstairs Adv
data 229 down Adv
stair N -s
9 chambermaids N
data 233 chamber N
maid N -s
10 living-room N
data 299 live V
-ing room N
11 upstairs Adv
data 343 up Adv
stair N -s
12 dressing-room N
data 478 dress N
-ing room N
13 towards
data 209 to Prep.
Ward N -s
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4.2 The most dominant morphological process occurred in the novel
In analyzing this study, the writer could find out easily the most dominant morphological process used in the novel is affixation with total number of 372
prefixes= 108 and suffixes= 264 which represents 71,95 of whole morphological processes. Meanwhile, the other morphological process is
modification with total number of 5 0,96 , supp letion with total number of 62 11,99 , compounding with total number of 78 15,08 , and reduplication
represents 0 . It can be drawn on the table.
Table 4.6 No.
Types of Morphological Processes
Total Number of Morphological
Process Percentage
1 affixation
372 71,95
2 reduplication
3 modification
5 0, 96
4 Supp letion
62 11,99
5 compounding
78 15,08
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