AN ANALYSIS OF AFFIXATION USED IN JOKOTOLE MAGAZINE

ABSTRACT
Fahmi, Arif Santoso. 15.05.111.00096. An Analysis Of Affixation Used In Jokotole
Magazine. Thesis. English Study Program of Department of Social and Cultural
Sciences of Faculty of Social and Cultural Sciences of University of Trunojoyo
Madura. Advisor: Mohammad Halili, S.Hum., MlangSt.

Local language has ambiguous meaning to be identified when attached with
affix(es). Affixes are able to change the word form and meaning in term of lexical
meaning. This study is focused to discuss the types of affixes and the function of
affiixes of Madurese Language in Jokotole Magazine. The objectives of this study are
to explain the types the function of affixes which are found in jokotole Magazine. The
writer used the theory of Davies (2010) to identify the type of affixes and the theory
of Minkova and Stockwell (2009) to identify the function of affixes in Jokotole
Magazine.
This study uses descriptive qualitative design. The source of the data of this
study is Jokotole Magazine, while the data are the words which contain affixes. The
method used to collect the data was qualitative content analysis.
The findings of study show that Jokotole Magazine uses three types of affix.
The Verbal affix 25 data divided into eleven sub-types; voice prefixes 8 data, object
voice prefixes 3 data, verbal prefixes 2 data, irrealis suffix 1 data, durative suffixes 2
data, locative suffixes 4 data, benefactive suffixes 3 data., Nominal affix 19 data
divided into eight sub-types; they are definite suffixes 3 data, result nominal suffix 1
data, agentive and instrumental prefixes 2 data, abstract nominal affixes 10 data,
process nominal prefixes 3 data, and Adverbial affix 1 data. For the function of the
affix there are two; to derive 26 data and to inflect 19 data. Some affixes have two
function depend on the stem of the word.

Key Words: Morphology, Affixes, Lexeme, Madurese, Jokotole Magazine