Abstract
The objectives of this research are to know the derivational and inflectional morphemes and to know the functions of morpheme in the selected news from Tempo.co. This research uses qualitative method. The analysis shows that the derivational and inflectional morphemes found in Tempo.co as 357 words. Derivational shows 97 data (27.17 %) and inflectional shows 260 data (72.83 %). Derivational changes the grammatical categories of words which consists of suffix and prefix, for example, noun-forming suffix changes the words/morphemes to nouns in the suffix –ion, -ment, -ist, -ship and –er. Adjective-forming suffix changes the words/ morphemes to adjectives in the suffix –able, -al, -ful, -ic, -cal, and –ous. Adverb-forming suffix changes the words/morphemes to an adverb in the suffix –ly. While, verb-forming prefix changes adjective to new adjective or form verb to new verb in the prefix un- and mis-. The inflectional does not change the grammatical categories of words which consists of “-s, -‘s, -er, -est, -s, -ed, -ing, and –en”. The suffix –s means plural. The suffix -‘s, -s’ means possessive. The suffix –er means comparative. The suffix –est means superlative. The suffix –ed means past. The suffix –ing means Ving (continuous). The suffix –en means participle.
Highlights
English words are formed by morphemes which are combined in various ways in transforming the meaning or function of its words (Coelho, 2004, p. 98)
A derivational morpheme related to the affixs which usually added before the beginning or after the end of a root word or base form to create a new word or a new form of an existing word (Nordquist, 2019c)
It shows that the most dominant morpheme found in the selected news of Tempo.co is an inflectional morpheme
Summary
English words are formed by morphemes which are combined in various ways in transforming the meaning or function of its words (Coelho, 2004, p. 98). Morphemes are classified into three categories, such as word root (stem), inflectional morpheme, and derivational morpheme. A derivational morpheme related to the affixs (a group of letters) which usually added before the beginning (or prefix) or after the end (or suffix) of a root word or base form to create a new word or a new form of an existing word (Nordquist, 2019c). 69), in derivational morphemes, we use bound morphemes to make new words or to make words of a different grammatical category from the stem or base. Derivational morphemes related to being only partially productive. They can be affixed to a set of the roots
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