The Study of Morphemes Used in National Examination's Reading Comprehension Texts

ABSTRACT

National examination is a part of educational process in Indonesia. This activity is aimed for all of the students in elementary school, junior high school and senior high school. The purpose of this activity is to evaluate the result of the educational process.

There are many lessons which are tested in this case including English. English as one of the lessons which is tested consists of listening and reading section. The questions are dominated by the reading text. If we see the reading texts and they consist of affixation, therefore, we may say that they apply the linguistic function of language. Because of the reason above, the writer is interested in making a study on morphological aspect focused on bound morphemes used in National Examination's reading comprehension texts

Based on the explanation above, the problems can be formulated as follows: (1) What kinds of bound morphemes are used in National Examination's reading comprehension texts? (2) How bound morphemes are used in National examination's reading comprehension texts?

Based on the problems above, the objectives can be formulated as follows: (1) to describe the English bound morphemes are used in National Examination's reading comprehension texts (2) to describe how bound morphemes are used in National Examination's reading comprehension texts.

To answer those problems, the writer adopts theoretical perspective about morphology, morphemes and affixes. Methodologically, the writer uses a descriptive qualitative research. The writer is the main instrument. The techniques of data collection were reading, understanding, selecting by classifying the data dealing with the problems and analyzing the data according to the main problems. The data analysis was done by presenting and describing the data referring to the writer's point of view and some references, the last drawing and conclusion.

The result of this study shows that the kinds of morphemes are used in
National Examination's reading comprehension texts are: inflectional suffix / -ed,
-s (plural), -s (third singular plural), -'s (possessive), -er, -est, -ing and –en/. Derivational prefix /re-, dis-, a-, and in-/ derivational suffix /-ion, -er, or, - ly, - ment, -al, -ed, -ful, -ive, -ty, -y, -ist, -ity, -ing, -an, and –ancy/ beside that the writer find both prefix and suffix (circumfixes) such as; /multi- + -al, Multi- + -al,
+ -ism, inter- + -al/.

Finally, the writer hopes that this thesis will be useful for other writers and this study should be continued by others from other point of views and aspects, with more complete analysis, especially in morphemes.