Derivational Morphemes used in the Muhkam Verse of Surah Annisa found in Tafsir Ibn Kathir

ABSTRACT

Language is a wonderfully rich vehicle for communication. It is used to convey wishes and commands, to tell truths and lies, to influence our hearer, to vent our emotion, and to formulate ideas which could probably never arise if we had no language. People use language to communicate with other persons. To communicate means to transfer ideas from one person to the others. If people do not have a tool to communicate, every people s activities and interactions would be stagnant.

There are two kinds of language, spoken language and written language. Language is a very complex system which is composed of various functional components. One of its components is morphology. Morphology is concerned with the internal organization of words. Although the term seems familiar and straightforward, it appears to be rather difficult to provide a satisfactory definition that is applicable to all languages (Cruse, 2001: 342).

This research is focused on analyzing derivational morphemes used in the Muhkam verse of Surah Annisa found in Tafsir Ibn Katsir. The researcher uses a descriptive qualitative research because the researcher efforts to analyze and discuss the sentence or utterance which performs the derivational morphemes in the Muhkam verse of Surah Annisa found in Tafsir Ibn Kathir. The researcher uses Lauren J. Brinton's theory in analyzing derivational morphemes in this research. In the data analysis, the researcher did some processes of analysis, they are: (1) categorizing the data based on derivational morphemes, (2) analyzing the data then interpreting the data, and (3) making conclusion from the analysis.

The result of this study shows that there are two kinds of derivational morphemes used in the Muhkam verses of Surah Annisa in Tafsir Ibn Kathir. Those kinds of derivational morphemes are suffix and prefix. There is no infix in the Muhkam verses of Surah Annisa in Tafsir Ibn Kathir. Kinds of prefix which are used: inter- and un-. While kinds of prefix which are used, they are: -hood, -ship, -ment, -er, -ation, -dom, -ness, -ity, -ify, -ous, -ful, -ive, -able, -ly, and -ward.

While, suffix which found in the Muhkam verses of Surah Annisa in Tafsir Ibn Kathir, they are: (1) noun forming suffix that includes -hood, -ship, -ment, -er, -ation, - dom, -ness, and -ity, (2) verb forming suffix that is ify, (3) adjective forming suffix that includes -ous, -ful, -ive, -able, and -ly, (4) adverb forming suffix that is -ward.

Finally, after finishing this research, the researcher hopes that this research can give contribution to the researcher herself, to the readers, and to the further researchers who conduct the same research. Furthermore, the researcher suggests to the next researchers to study more complete research, especially in the same field.