ANALYSIS OF DERIVATIONAL PROSESS OF ENGLISH NOUNS FOUND IN THE JAKARTA POST ANALYSIS OF DERIVATIONAL PROSESS OF ENGLISH NOUNS FOUND IN THE JAKARTA POST ARTICLES.

ANALYSIS OF DERIVATIONAL PROSESS OF
ENGLISH NOUNS FOUND IN THE JAKARTA POST
ARTICLES

Research Paper
Submitted as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements
For Getting Bachelor Degree of Education
In English Department
by:
RIYAN WIK IRAWAN
A 320 030 041

SCHOOL OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKARTA
2007

APPROVAL

ANALYSIS OF DERIVATIONAL PROCESS OF ENGLISH NOUNS
FOUND IN THE JAKARTA POST ARTICLES


by:

RIYAN WIK IRAWAN
A320 030 041

Approved by the consultants:

Consultant I

Consultant II

(Dra. Malikatul Laila, M.Hum)

(Dra. Siti khuzaimah)

ACCEPTANCE

Accepted by the board of examiners
School of Teacher Training and Education
Muhammadiyah University of Sur akarta

On October 2007

Team of Examiners:
1. Dra. Malikatul Laila, M.Hum.
(Chair Person)

(

)

2. Dra. Siti Khuzaimah
(Member I)

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)

3. Drs . Sigit Haryanto,M.Hu
(Member II)


(

)

Dean
of School of Teacher Training and Education

Drs. Sofyan Anif, M.Si.
NIK. 547

TESTIMONY

Herewith, the writer testifies that in this research there is no work which
has been proposed to get bachelor degree in any university and as long as he knew
there are no work or statements that have been written or published by other
writer, unless there are referred within this research and listed on the bibliography.
If in the future, it is proven that there is untruth in her statement above, she
will be fully responsible.

Surakarta, 25 September 2007


Riyan Wik Irawan

MOTTO

1. Actually, there is an ease after difficulty (Q.S. Al Insyiroh:6)
2. …dan bersabarlah, sesungguhnya Allah beserta orang – orang yang
sabar (Q.S.Al-Anfal:46)
3. No pain, No gain (the writer)
4 . Success will not com e to people who just wait and will not wait
anyone to com e to (anonym )
5. Be your self, be confident (The Writer)

DEDI CATI ON

Fr om t he deepest hear t , t he wr it er would like t o dedicat e t his
r esear ch paper t o:
1. H is beloved f at her and mot her , t hanks f or your love, pat ience,
suppor t , and f inancial cont r ibut ion given t o me,
2. H is beloved younger


br ot her s, t hanks f or

mot ivat ion,
3. All of hi s beloved f amilies and f r iends, and
4. His wif e t o be.

your

love and

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Assalamu’alaikum Wr. Wb.
Alhamdulillahirabbil ‘alamin, Praise and gratitude to the Most Gracious
and Most Merciful, Allah SWT for blessing the writer in accomplishing this
research paper, entitled “ Analysis of Derivation Process of English nouns Found
in the Jakarta Post Articles”. This is the one of the requirements for getting
bachelor degree in English Department of Muhammadiyah University of
Surakarta. Praising is also giving to the Messenger, our prophet Muhammad

SAW, peace be upon him, a glory person who gives his blessing to his masses in
the next day.
The writer would like to express his deepest gratitude to the people who
have ever helped her in getting through this research paper by their support,
advices, and even critics. They are:
1. Drs. Sofyan Anif, M.Si, the Dean of the School of Teacher Training and
Education who permitted her to conduct the research paper.
2. Koesoemo Ratih, S.Pd, M.Hum, The Chair per son of English Department who
permitted her to write this research paper.
3. Dra. Malikatul Laila, M.Hum, the first consultant who has guided him with
great advice, her valuable time in correcting this research paper, and wonderful
criticism.

4. Dra. Siti Khuzaimah, the second consultant who has given him some
correction, help, and guidance to complete his research paper with a good
language.
5. Titis Setyabudi, S.S, as his academic consultant of class A ’03. He thanks for
his guidance and kindness.
6. All the lecturers of English department of UMS. Thanks for the guidance and
help for the past four year.

7. Librarians of UMS for their help in providing the reference books.
8. His wonderful mother, Mrs. Suparni and her beloved father, Mr. Sukarto for
guarding with tremendous love, cares, support, and continues prayer to finish
the research paper. She also thanks to his beloved younger brothers, Hendi and
Ridwan who always give his support and care.
11. His close friends, Rendi, candra, Dedi, Romli, Pak Guru PW and Nggawok for
their support and cares, thanks for being my best friend. It is always nice to be
with you all. Especially for Risman and Rohady Siro, you are my friends in
sharing ideas. Thanks for everything you gave to me.
12. Everyone in Rekso boarding house, Kentus, Mas Eko, Edi Gordo, Arif
Rahmawan, Idriz, Mbah Darmo, Dean, etc. Especially for Jay and Hanafi, you
are my friends in sharing ideas. Thanks for everything you gave to me.
13. Her friends in English’03, Felix, Mbah Jay, Yudi, Teguh, Deni Hos…, P itik,
Nurul, Arik, Dewi’, Nova, Novia, Daryati, Dian, Wido, Arin, Minie, etc.
Especially for Fitri you are my friend in sharing ideas. Thanks for everything
you gave to me.

14. PPL MUPAT, Aqif Cempluk, Mutik, Duwik, Rini, Diani, Pipiti, Titik, Lilis,
Asrul etc. Be together forever!
15. Corner Young community, Arif, Penco, Menir Voc, Midun, Nesa, Senthot,

Sugeng, Split, Kido etc.
14. Those who cannot be mentioned one by one in favor of supporting the writer
to accomplish the research paper.
The writer realizes that this research paper is far from being perfect. He
welcomes any endorsing suggestions and critiques. At least, she greatly expects
that this research paper will be useful and able to give contribution for the
academic study and following research.
Wassalamu’alaikum Wr. Wb.
Surakarta, July 2007

RYAN

TABLE OF CONTENT

THE TITLE OF THE RESEARCH ……………………………………….……i
APPROVAL ……………………………………………………………………..ii
ACCEPTANCE …………………………………………………………………iii
TESTIMONY …………………………………………………………………...iv
MOTTO ………………………………………………………………………….v
DEDICATION ……………………………………………………………..........vi

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ……………………………………………………..vii
TABLE OF CONTENT …………………………………………………………x
SUMMARY ……………………………………………………………………xiv
LIST OF TABLE ……………………………………………………………….xv
CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION
A. Background of the Study ………………..……..……………...1
B. Previous

Study

………………………………….……………..4
C. Problem Statements …………………………………………...5
D. Objectives of the Study ………………………………….........5
E. The Benefit of the Study ……………………………………...6
F. Paper Organization ……………………………………………6
CHAPTER II: UNDERLYING THEORY
A. Basic Terminology of Morphology …………..……..………...8
1. Words………………………………………………

8


2. Morpheme as One Levels of Language Analysis....

10

3. Base…………………………………………….….

11

B. Affixes …………………………….………………….……. 12
1. Prefix……………………………………….………

12

2. Suffix………………………………………….……

12

C. Morphophonemic Rules …………………………….……


13

D. Word Formation..…………………………………….…… 15
1. Derivation………………………………….……… ..

15

2. Derivational Affix………………………….………

16

3. Zero Derivation…………………..……….……….

17

4. Inflection……………………………….………….

17

5. The Differences between derivation and Inflection

18

E. Lexical Category.…. ……...……………………….……… 19
1. Noun…………………………………….…………

20

2. Verb…………………………………….………….

20

3. Adjective….…………………………….………….

20

4. Adverb…………………………………….……….

21

5. Pronoun………………………………….…………

21

6. Preposition…………………………….……………

22

7. Conjunction…………………………….…………..

22

8. Interjection…………………………………………

23

CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHOD
A. Research Approach…. ……………………………………24
B. Object of Research……………………………………….. 24
C. Data and Data Source ……………………………………. 24
D. Method of Data Collection ……………………….…… … 25
E. Data Analysis Technique…………………..…………….. 25
CHAPTER IV: DATA AND ANALYSIS
A Derivation Process of English Nouns Found in the Jakarta
Post Articles ………………………………………………26
1. Lexical categories in derivational process…....……26
a. Derived Lexical category from verb…………….26
(1) Verb + -ment…………………………………27
(2) Verb + -ion…………………………………..28
(3) Verb + -ing…………………………………..29
(4) Verb + -or……………………………………30
(5) Verb + -er……………………………………30
(6) Verb + -ation…………………………………31
b. Derived lexical category from adjective………...32
(1) Adjective + -ity……………………………….32
(2) Adjective + -ion………………………..…….33
(3) Adjective + -ness…………………………..…34
2. The phonological conditions in the derivation process of
English nouns………………………………………35

B Research Finding……………………………………………41
CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
A. Conclusion ………………………………………….……….43
B. Suggestion ………………………………….……………….44
BIBLIOGRAPHY
APPENDICES

SUMMARY

Riyan Wik Irawan. A 320 030 041. ANALYSIS OF DERIVATIONAL
PROCESS OF ENGLISH NOUNS FOUNDS IN THE JAKARTA POST
ARTICLES. Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta. Research Paper.2007
This research pa per is aimed at answering the three problems. The
problems are: (1) What lexical categories are there in derivational process, and (2)
What are the phonological conditions in the derivation process of English nouns.
This research uses documentation and observation methods to get the data. The
data are words taken from the articles on the newspaper. The writer concerns with
three articles which are entitled: “Hamas PM urges unity deal with Abbas as truce
holds”,”China preparing national plan for climate change” and “Editor calls for
democracy in china”.
To answer those problems, this research employs morphological analysis.
The objectives are Identifying and analyzing the new derived words whether or
not they have changed based on syntactical category. Analyzing the new derived
words whether or not they have phonological changes based on phonological
condition.
The result of this study shows that first, there are some lexical
categories that are changed into noun, the y are: derived lexical categories from
verb and derived lexical categories from adjective. Second, there are phonological
configurations in 14 bases in derivational process.

Consultant I

Consultant II

(Dra. Malikatul Laila ,M. Hum)
NIK. 225

(Dra. Siti Khuzaimah)
NIK. 100974

School of Teacher Training and Education
Dean,

(Drs. Sofyan Anif, M.Si)
NIK. 547

LIST OF TABLE

Table 1. Consonants ……………………………….. ……………….13
Table 1. Vocals ….. ……………………………….. ……………….14
Table 2. Compare between inflection and derivation ……………….17