Abstract
Derivational morphology in the learners’ English narrative compositions was the main purpose of this research. Morphology is the study of morphemes which are the smallest significant units of grammar. There are two kinds of morphology: derivational and inflectional morphology. Derivational morphology is related to affixes such as suffixes, infixes, prefixes, ablaut and reduplication, meanwhile inflectional morphology is related to plural, possessive, past time, progressive, and comparative and superlative. Morphology mostly used in writing and it is one of the difficult parts in English subject. There are four kinds of composition: argumentation, description, exposition and narration. The data was taken from the students of grade XI of a Public High School in Tangerang. Descriptive method was used in this paper. There is some derivational morphology found in this research: derivation of a noun, adverb, gerund after a preposition, gerund after the verb, to-infinitive, present participle, passive participle, modals, and adjective.
Highlights
There are four skills in learning English such as; listening, speaking, writing and reading
The study of the language involved the learners in appraisal of all of the following levels of the expression: language phonology which studies about sounds, morphology which studies about meaningful combination of sounds, lexis which examines about words, syntax which investigates about meaningful combination of words, semantic which studies about meaning and discourse which studies about how syntax is combined
Derivational morphemes are morphemes used to make new words but not necessarily in a change in a syntactic category, for example, the addition of derivational morphology re-changes the meaning of the word open if they are combined into reopening
Summary
There are four skills in learning English such as; listening, speaking, writing and reading. Derivational morphology discusses about the morphemes can be used to form new words. Derivational morphemes are morphemes used to make new words but not necessarily in a change in a syntactic category, for example, the addition of derivational morphology re-changes the meaning of the word open if they are combined into reopening. Based on the theory of the composition from Mc. Dougal, the activity of writing which is started by mastering words and the grammar itself. Description is used to create a visual image of people, places and even of units of time-days, time of day or seasons, exposition is used in giving information, making explanation, and interpreting meanings and narration is the form of writing used to relate the story of acts or events.
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