English Education: English Journal for Teaching and Learning
Vol 9, No 01 (2021)

An Analysis of Derivational Affixes in Song

Fitri Rayani Siregar (Institut Agama Islam Negeri (IAIN) Padangsidimpuan)
Novita Sari Siregar (Institut Agama Islam Negeri (IAIN) Padangsidimpuan)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Jun 2021

Abstract

This research discusses about derivational affixes in song  lyrics. The researcher analyzed five songs in Harris Jung’s Salam album. The five songs are: Salam Alaikum, Good Life, Rasool’ Allah, I Promise, and My Hero. The kind of the research was library research. The researcher analyzed the data by using four steps, they are understanding (reading), identifying, classifying, and describing. The results of the research are there were two kinds of derivational affixes in Harris Jung’s Salam album in the five selected songs, they were derivational prefixes and derivational suffixes. The dominant of derivational affixes in Harris Jung’s Salam album in five selected songs were derivational suffixes with the total percantage 64% that are suffixes –ness (4), -y (1), -ful (1), -en (1), -ly (2) and then derivational prefixes with the total percantage 36% that are prefixes re- (2), un- (1), pro- (1), in- (1).

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Journal Info

Abbrev

EEJ

Publisher

Subject

Education

Description

English Education: English Journal for Teaching and Learning which is later called EEJ is a journal published by Tarbiyah and Teacher Training Faculty UIN Syekh Ali Hasan Ahmad Addary Padangsidimpuan every June and December. The journal is dedicated to original research on the teaching and learning ...