A MORPHOLOGICAL STUDY OF DERIVATIONAL PROCESS (SUFFIX) –IC AND –AL USED IN OXFORD LEARNER’S POCKET A Morphological Study Of Derivational Process (Suffix) –Ic And –Al Used In Oxford Learner’s Pocket Dictionary.

A MORPHOLOGICAL STUDY OF DERIVATIONAL PROCESS
(SUFFIX) –IC AND –AL USED IN OXFORD LEARNER’S POCKET
DICTIONARY

RESEARCH PAPER
Submitted as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements
for Getting Bachelor Degree of Education
in English Department

Proposed by
Wahid Sholihatunnisa
A 320090123

SCHOOL OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY
MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKARTA
2013

4ryTqvAL_
A MORPHOLOGICAL STUDY OF DERIVATIONAL
PROCESS (SUFFID

-rC AND -AL IN OXFORD LEARNER'S

POCKET DICTIONARY

RESEARCH PAPER

Proposed by:

WAIIID SHOLIHATT]ITMSA
A 320{D0123

Approved by:

X'irst Consultant

Second Consultant

NIIC 850

ACCEPTAIYCE

A MORPHOLOGICAL STI]DY OX' DERTVATIONAL PROCESS

(surrDg -rc AND -AL usED IN oxFoRD

LEARNER',S P(rcKET

DICTIONARY

by:
WAIIID SHOLIIIATI INMSA
A320 090123
Accepted and Approved by the Board

School

of Examiners

of Teacher Training and Education

Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta

The Team of Examiners:
1.

Drs. Sigit Ilaryanto,

M.Hum

(

(Chair Person)
Siti Fatimah, S.Pd, M.Hum

(Member I)

3. Dra.Ilwi Haryanti, M.Hum
(Member

ff)

I{IIC 403

lI

TESTIMOIry

Iierewith, I t€stiry that in this research paper, there is no plagiarism of the
previous study which has been raised to obtain bachelor degree of a rmiversity,
nor thgrc alp options mastsrpiece whish have beeq written or publishod by oth,or,
execpt there which the writing are referred

in manuscript anci mentoined in

litarary review and bibliography.
Hence, later,

if it is proven that there ztre some untnre statements in this

testimony, hence i will hold fufly reqponsibie.

A320090123

tv

MOTTO

Be your self
Every beginning is difficult
Belajar adalah proses memahami dari tidak paham menjadi paham
A Total Commitment is Paramount to Reach the Ultimate in
Performance
(Viton)
Sesungguhnya sesudah kesulitan itu ada kemudahan, maka apabila kamu telah
selesai (dari sesuatu urusan) kerjakanlah dengan sunguh-sungguh (urusan) yang
lain, dan hanya kepada Tuhanmulah kamu berharap.
(Q.S. Alam Nasyrah: 6-8)

v

DEDICATION

This research paper is dedicated to :
1. Allah SWT for her blessing.
2. Her beloved father and mother , thanks your love, patience, support,
and financial contribution given to me.
3. Her beloved younger brothers: Rohmat and Khorizal, thanks for your
love and motivation.
4. All of beloved families and friends.

vi

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Bismillahirohmanirrohim
Assalamu’alaikum Wr.Wb
First and foremost the writer would like to praise and gartitude to Allah
SWT, the meciful and compassionate for all blessing and divine guidance during
the preparation until the accomplishment this research paper, entitled “A
Morphological Study of Derivational Process (Suffix) –ic and –al Used in Oxford
English Dictionary”. This is one of the requirements for getting bachelor degree

in English Department of Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta. Praising is
also for prophet Muhammad SAW the massanger who change this world from
darkness to lightness.
There are many people who have ever helped her in getting through this
research paper by their support, advise and even critics. The writer is greatly
indebted to all of them; therefore, she would like to thank to the following people.
1.

Dra. Nining.Setyaningsih, M.Si, Dean of the school of teacher training and
Education o f Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta.

2.

Titis Setia Budi, S.S,M.Hum, Head of English Deparment.

3.

Fitri Kurniawan, S.Pd, her academic consultant.

4.

Drs. Sigit Haryanto, M.Hum, first consultant who has guided and advised
from the very beginning up to the completion of this paper.

vii

5.

Siti Fatimah, S.Pd, M.Hum, second consultant who has improved the writer’s
writing in order to make this research paper more interesting to read in fully
correct sentences.

6.

All the lecturers of English Department. Thanks for their patience in teaching
for the past four year.

7.

The Librarians of Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta who help the

writer in finding the references for this thesis and book.

8.

Her beloved father and mother, thanks for your great tenderness and both
their biggest prayer, love, cares, attention, support, and love given to her.

9.

His beloved younger brothers: Rohmad and Khorizal for their attention and
given love to me.

10. His friends: Gigih who make me smile and thanks you for everything gave
to me.
11. Her close friends, meylanie, nopie, mita for their support and cares, thanks for
being my best friend. It is always nice to be with you. Especially for Yuwaida
Asmy, you are my friends in sharing ideas. Thanks everything you gave to
me. I miss our togetherness in the old days.
12. Her Friends in English’09, Vinda, Cipa, Diah, Febri, Riski, Riska, Rosi,
Tatik, and everyone in class C . Thanks for gave me support and for the nice

friendship.
13. Her friends in PPL SMA MUH1’09, Ahmad, Wahyu, Danang, Isman, Tio,
pak Eko, Bayu, Ratih, Diah, Dika, Nita, Cungkring, Cahyo etc . Thanks for
your spending spare time give to me.

viii

14. Everyone in Griya Sahira boarding house Ambar, Windut, Hima, Tika, Cid4
Idul, Andrq Icha" Lina Riq etc. Thanks you for motivation

15. Those who are forgotten and cannot be mentiond the rariter says thanks a
million.
The writer realizes that this research paper is far from being perfect, the

writsr will be delighted to accept any endorsing suggestions and oritiques. At last
hopefully god bless for those who like to search for new inventions to make
people live better.

S

ix

SUMMARY
Wahid Sholihatunnisa. A320090123. MORPHOLOGICAL STUDY OF
DERIVATIONAL PROCESS (SUFFIX) –IC AND – AL USED IN OXFORD
LEARNER’S POCKET DICTIONARY. Research Paper. Muhammadiyah
University of Surakarta.
This research aims at describing the characteristic between suffix –ic and
–al and the functions suffix –ic and –al used in Oxford Learner’s pocket
Dictionary.
The type of the research is descriptive qualitative. The object of the study
is suffix –ic and –al on Oxford Learner’s Pocket Dictionary. The data source of
this research is Oxfor d Learner’s Pocket Dictionary. In collecting the data the
writer uses documentation and the steps are reading, selecting, collecting and retyping the data. The techniques of analyzing data of this research are identifying
the data, classifying and describing the data based on the characteristics, functions
and drawing conclusion.
The results of this research are as follows: the characteristics of suffix –ic
are followed by noun ended with vowel [a]: 7 data, followed by noun ended with
vowel [d]: 2 data, followed by noun, adjective, and verb ended with vowel [e]: 15
data, followed by verb ended with vowel [h]: 2 data, followed by ended with
vowel [l]: 2 data, followed by noun ended with vowel [m]: 3 data, followed by
noun ended with vowel [n]: 3 data, followed by noun ended with vowel [o]:
3 data, followed by noun ended with vowel [s]: 1 data, followed by noun ended
with vowel [t]: 19 data, followed by noun ended vowel [y]: 20 data. The
characteristic of suffix –al are followed by noun ended with vowel [a]: 4 data,
followed by noun ended with vowel [b]: 1 data, followed by noun and adjective
ended with vowel [c]: 18 data, followed by noun ended with vowel [d]: 3 data,
followed by noun, verb, and adjective ended with vowel [e]: 49 data, followed by
noun ended with vowel [h]: 2 data, followed by noun ended with vowel [m]: 1
data, followed by noun ended with vowel [n]: 33 data, followed by noun ended
with vowel [r]: 2 data, followed by adjective ended with vowel [s]: 1 data,
followed by noun and verb ended with vowel [t]: 27 data, followed by noun and
verb ended with vowel [y]: data. The functions are to form noun, verb, and
adjective.

x

TABLE OF CONTENT
THE TITLE OF THE RESEARCH ....…………………………………………i
APPROVAL…………………………………………………………………..….ii
ACCEPTANCE.....................................................................................................iii
TESTIMONY........................................................................................................iv
MOTTO..................................................................................................................v
DEDICATION......................................................................................................vi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT...................................................................................vii
SUMMARY............................................................................................................x
TABLE OF CONTENT........................................................................................xi
CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION
A. Background of the Study ….......................................................1
B. Previous Study ……..…...................................................….…..5
C. Limitation of the Study …..................................…………….…7
D. Problem Statement ……..............................................................7
E. Objective of the Study ………….……..…...................………..8
F. Benefit of the Study …………......................………..………...8
G. Research Paper Organization.......................................................9
CHAPTER II: UNDERLYING THEORY
A. Morphology..............................................................................10
1. Definition of Morphology..................................................10
2. Notion of Word.................................................................10

xi

B. The Study of Morpheme..........................................................11
1. Definiton of Morpheme.....................................................11
2. Classification of Morpheme...............................................11
a. Free morpheme.............................................................11
b. Bound Morpheme.........................................................12
3. Derivational and Inflectional Morpheme...........................12
a. Derivational Morpheme...............................................12
b. Inflectional Morpheme.................................................12
4. Types of Morpheme...........................................................12
a. Root..............................................................................12
b. Steam............................................................................12
c. Base.............................................................................13
C. Affixiation................................................................................13
1. Prefix..................................................................................14
2. Suffix.................................................................................14
3. Infix...................................................................................14
D. Phonology Rules......................................................................14
1. Assimilation.......................................................................14
2. Dissimilation......................................................................14
3. Deletion..............................................................................15
E. Lexical Category......................................................................15
1. Noun..................................................................................15
2. Verb....................................................................................15

xii

3. Adjective............................................................................16
4. Adverb................................................................................16
CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHOD
A. Type of the Research ………..……............…………….…...17
B. Object of the Research…………..…......................……..…...17
C. Data and Sources of Data………............………………........17
D. Technique of Collecting Data....…….....……… ………..…..17
E. Technique of Analyzing Data……………....………..............18
CHAPTER IV: RESEARCH FINDING AND DISCUSSION
A. The Characteristic of Suffix –ic and –al Used in Oxford
Learner’s pocket Dictionary...................................................19
B. The Functional Suffix –ic and –al Used in Oxford
Learner’sPocket Dictionary.....................................................60
CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
A. Conclusion...............................................................................70
B. Suggestion................................................................................72
BIBLIOGRAPHY
APPENDIX

xiii