Kulturistik : Jurnal Bahasa dan Budaya
Vol. 9 No. 1 (2025): January 2025

THE DERIVATIONAL SUFFIXES FOUND IN SCARLET LETTER NOVEL: A MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS

Muhammad Seoultan Rabbani (Universitas Pertiwi)
Priyoto (Universitas Pertiwi)
Sahril Mujani (Universitas Pertiwi)



Article Info

Publish Date
21 Jan 2025

Abstract

This study focuses on finding out the type of derivational suffixes and the morphological process of derivational suffixes which is found in the novel Scarlet Letter chapter 1. Descriptive qualitative is the method used to identify the type and the morphological process of derivational suffixes. There are 33 data found in chapter 1 of the Scarlet Letter novel, including derivational suffixes Noun to Adjective 9 data (27,27%) such as: -ed, -en, -al, and -ful. Derivational suffixes Adjective to Adverb 9 data (27,27%) with the only suffix found which is; -ly. Derivational suffixes Verb to Noun 7 data (21,21%) such as: -er, -ment, -ive, -al, and -ion. Derivational suffixes Adjective to Noun 3 data (9,10%) including: -ty, -ance, and -ness. Derivational suffixes Verb to Adjective 4 data (12,12%) including: -ous, -ed, and -ing. The last is derivational suffixes Noun to Verb, 1 datum (3,03%) with the only suffix; -ize. The data that have the most occurrences are derivational suffixes Noun to Adjective and Adjective to Adverb with 9 occurrences each of them. Meanwhile, the data that has the fewest occurrence is derivational suffixes Noun to Verb with 1 occurrence.

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kulturistik

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Humanities

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