Linguistics and Elt Journal
Vol 11, No 2 (2023): December

Morphological Stylistic Analysis found in Langston Hughes’s Poem “Harlem”

Zahara, Ayuna (Unknown)
Hidayat, Chatrine Aulia (Unknown)
Rangkuti, Rahmadsyah (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
25 Jan 2024

Abstract

This study conducts a morphological stylistic analysis of Langston Hughes's renowned poem "Harlem" with the overarching objective of identifying and categorizing the types of morphemes employed within the poem.  Moreover, this research seeks to determine the most dominant type of morpheme in the poem. The researchers used descriptive qualitative method in analyzing the data. Employing qualitative methods, the analysis focuses on identifying various morpheme types of free morpheme and bound morpheme, such as lexical, functional, derivational, inflectional morphemes. Through a line-by-line examination, the study scrutinizes the presence and role of morphemes in constructing the vivid and evocative imagery characteristic of "Harlem." In the result, the researchers found 16 lexical morphemes (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs) 25 functional morphemes (pronouns, prepositions, articles, conjunctions), 7 inflectional and 3 derivational suffixes. Furthermore, the results of the analysis shows that the most dominant types of morphemes are functional morpheme.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

JELTL

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Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

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Linguistics and ELT Journal (p-ISSN 2339-2940 | e-ISSN 2614-8633) is published twice a year in the months of June and December. The purpose of LELTJ is to disseminate information and facilitate understanding among those people who are concerned with English language teaching and linguistics, ...