A MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF

DERIVATIONAL NOUN IN SHORT STORY OF

BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY

RESEARCH PAPER

Submitted as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements

for Getting Bachelor Degree of Education

in English Education

Proposed by:

Nita Ventina

A320100109

SCHOOL OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKARTA

2014

MOTTO

To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong

(Joseph Chilton Pearce)

THE SECRET TO CREATIVITY IS KNOWING HOW TO HIDE YOUR SOURCES

(ALBERT EINSTEIN)

EXPRESS YOUR SELF, FOLLOW YOUR HEART.

(The writer)

DEDICATION

From the deepest heart, the writer would like to dedicate this research paper to:

1. Her beloved father and mother, thanks for your massive love, patience, and

support,

2. Her beloved sister, her beloved brother, thanks for your love and motivation,

3. All of her beloved families and friends.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Assalamu’alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh

Alhamdulillahirabil’alamin, Praise and gratitude to the Most Gracious and Most

Merciful, Allah SWT for blessing the writer in accomplishing this research paper, entitled

“A Morphologycal Analysis of Derivational Noun in Short Story of Boscombe Valley

Mystery”. This is the one of requirements for getting bachelor degree in English

Departement of Muhammdiyah 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 and his masses in the next day.

The writer would like to express her deepest gratitude to the people who have

ever helped him in getting through this research paper by their support, advices, and even

critics. They are:

1. Prof. Dr. Harun Joko Prayitno, M. Hum, the Dean of School of Teacher Training and

Education Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta, who has given the legalization

towards her research paper,

2. Mauly Halwat Hikmat, Ph. D, the Head of English Education Department, who has given

the researcher permission to conduct the research,

3. Drs. Sigit Haryanto, M. Hum, the first consultant who has guided her,

4. Dr. Dwi Haryanti, M. Hum, the second consultant who has given her correction, help,

and guidance to complete her research paper with a good language,

5. Drs. Maryadi, MA, the examiner who has guided and advised her in finishing her

research paper.

6. All the lecturers of English Departement of UMS. Thanks for the guidance and help for

the past four years,

7. Her wonderful mother Mrs. Darusikin (Alm) and her beloved father Mr. Hartono (Alm)

for their love, care, support, and continues prayer to finish the research paper,

8. Her beloved sister, Ellywida and brothers, Frit Hendrik Setiawan and Danu Ruju Utomo

who always gives advice and support,

9. My beloved Rudie thanks for love, cares, support, suggestion, everything you gave to me,

10. Her friends in English ’10, Hanum, Aiugh, Achidut, Azmi, Akbar, Sipiet, Dwika, Pebi,

Dedi, Andre,thanks for being my best friend,

11. 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. She

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 Warahmatulahi Wabarakatuh.

Surakarta, 02 September 2014

Nita Ventina

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TITLE ............................................................................................................... i

APPROVAL ..................................................................................................... ii

ACCEPTANCE .............................................................................................. iii

TESTIMONY ................................................................................................... iv

MOTTO ........................................................................................................... v

DEDICATION ................................................................................................. vi

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .............................................................................. vii

TABLE OF CONTENT .................................................................................. xi

ABSTRACT .................................................................................................... xii

CHAPTER I : INTRODUCTION

A. Background of the Study ............................................ 1

B. Problem Statement ....................................................... 5

C. Objective of the Study .................................................. 5

D. Limitation of Study ...................................................... 5

E. Benefits of the Study ................................................... 5

F. Research Paper Organization ........................................ 6

CHAPTER II : UNDERLYING THEORY

A. Previous Study .............................................................. .. 8

B. Underlying Theory....... ................................................ 10

1. Notion of Morphology......................................................... 11

2. Notion of Word....................................................... ……… 11

3. The Study of Morpheme ......................................... ……… 13

4. Base ......................................................................... 15

5. Affixes ................................................................... 15

6. Phonological and Morphological Conditioned ...... 16

7. Morphophonemic Rules ........................................ 18

8. Word Formation .................................................... 21

a. Derivation ........................................................ 21

b. Derivational Affix ............................................ 22

c. Derivational Noun ............................................ 23

d. Zero Derivation ............................................... 24

e. Inflectional ...................................................... 24

f. The Differences between Derivational and Inflectional

.......................................................................... 25

g. Lexical Category ............................................. 27

CHAPTER III : RESEAECH METHOD

A. Type of Research .......................................................... 32

B. Object of Research ........................................................ 32

C. Data and Data Source ................................................... 32

D. Method of Collecting Data ........................................... 32

E. Method of Analyzing Data ........................................... 33

CHAPTER IV : RESEARCH FINDING AND DISCUSSION

A. Research Finding .......................................................... 34

1. Formation in Derivational process ........................... 34

a. Derived Formation From Noun .......................... 34

b. Derived Formation From Verb ............................ 38

c. Derived Formation From Adjective ................... 46

2. The Phonological Rules in Derivational Process of English Noun

................................................................................ 52

B. Discussion ..................................................................... 55

CHAPTER V : CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION

A. Conclusion .................................................................... 64

B. Suggestion .................................................................... 65

BIBLIOGRAPHY ........................................................................................... 66

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SUMMARY

Nita Ventina. A320100109. A MORPHOLOGYCAL ANALYSIS OF DERIVATIONAL NOUN

IN SHORT STORY BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY.

This study studies the derivational noun in short story of Boscombe Valley Mystery. The

objective of this study are to describe the formation of derivational noun found in short story of

Boscombe Valley Mystery and to identify the morphological conditioned environment which

happen in the derivational noun short story of Boscome Valley Mystery.

This research is a descriptive qualitative research. The data are in the form of English

words which contain derivational noun from English short story in “Boscombe Valley Mystery”.

Technique of collecting data is documentation. The data are analyzed by reading the English

short story in “Boscombe Valley Mystery”, classifying the word or sentence to the English words

which contain English derivational noun, and identifying the derivational noun process that

occurs on English words.

The result of this study shows the formation from verb into noun are 140 words, there are

consist of derived from suffix (-ment) 20 words, derived from suffix (-ion) 40 words, derived

from suffix (-ation) 20 words, derived from suffix (-er) 16 words, derived from suffix (-or) 13

words, derived from suffix (-ence) 9 words, derived from suffix (-ance) 9 words, derived from (-

age) 4 words, derived from suffix (-al) 5 words. The formation adjective into noun are 39 words,

there are consist of derived from suffix (-ity) 17 words, derived from suffix (- ation) 5 words,

derived from suffix (-ion) 3 words, derived from suffix (-ness) 14 words. The formation from

noun into noun are 5 words, derived from suffix (-er) are 5 words, and the morphological

conditioned environment are 3 words derived from verb with suffix –age, -ation, and –ion.

Keywords: Derivational, noun, morphology, and phonology

Consultant I Consultant II

Drs. Sigit Haryanto, M. Hum. Dr. Dwi Haryanti, M. Hum.

NIK. 567 NIK. 477

Dean

Prof. Dr. Harun Joko Prayitno, M. Hum.

NIP. 196504281993031001