Abstract
Prefix is a bound morpheme which is added to the initial of the base word. This study is concerned with the types, meanings and functions of the English Prefixes found in a scientific book entitled “Agricultural Development in a Frontier Region of Java: Besuki, 1870 – Early 1990s” by Nawiyanto. This study applied two theories in order to analyze the data. The first is the theory of type and meaning of the English prefixes proposed by Quirk (1973). The second is the theory of functions of the English prefixes proposed by Bauer (1983). The data of this study were taken directly from the scientific book itself. The data were collected using the content-analysis method and note-taking technique. The collected data were analyzed using the descriptive and qualitative method. Then, all of the analyses were presented using both formal and informal methods. The analyses show that almost all types of the English prefixes found in the book. However, most of them belong to the class-maintaining English prefixes and the attachment of those prefixes give a new meaning to the base words after its attachment.
Highlights
Background of the StudyMorphology is a branch of linguistics which studies how words are structured and how they are put together from smaller parts
Prefixes consist of ten types namely negative prefixes, reversative prefixes, pejorative prefixes, prefixes of degree or size, prefixes of time and order, prefixes of attitude, locative prefixes, number prefixes, other prefixes, and conversion prefixes
5.1 Negative Prefixes Negative prefixes are attached to the base word and have a function to form a new negative word
Summary
Morphology is a branch of linguistics which studies how words are structured and how they are put together from smaller parts. Morphology is called the study of morphemes and their different forms (allomorphs) and the way they combine in word formation. There are so many word-formation processes and one of them is affixation. Affixation is the adding of bound morphemes to the base to form a word. Affixation consists of prefixes, suffixes, and infixes. The bound morphemes added initially to the base are called prefixes, those inserted into the base are called infixes, and those added to the end of the base are called suffixes. Productive prefixes normally have a light stress on their first syllable. He stated that there are some types of prefixes in English. They included negative prefixes, reversative or privative prefixes, pejorative prefixes, prefixes of degree or size, prefixes of attitude, locative prefixes, prefixes of time and order, number prefixes, other prefixes and conversion prefixes
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