Abstract:
Having knowledge about the process of affixation, which is one of the
ways of forming new words, helps the readers of English text to guess the
meaning difficult words which involves the affixes. This study aims at describing
the derivational affixation in a short story Gentlemen and Players by E.W
Hornung. In particular, it describes kinds of affixes which are used in the
sentences and the application of derivational affixation in language teaching.
This research employs the descriptive qualitative method. The subject of
this research is a short story entitled Gentlemen and Players written by E.W
Hornung. The techniques for collecting the data are by reading the short story
entirely, collecting the words which contain derivational affixes, and classifying
the words into derivational affixes. The data analysis is done by observing the
data, classifying the data base on derivational affixes, rechecking the data,
describing and discussing the kinds of derivational affixes, and drawing
conclusion.
The result of this research shows that derivational affixes are used in the
short story entitled Gentlemen and Players by E.W Hornung. Derivational affixes
classified into two categories, they are class-changing derivational and classmaintaining
derivational. Class-changing derivational divided into noun
derivational, verb derivational, adjective derivational, and adverb derivational.
Class-maintaining derivational divided into noun, verb and adjective pattern. The
application of affixation in a short story Gentlemen and Player in Language
Teaching is to teach vocabulary in English lesson at twelfth grade in Vocational
High School. The researcher hopes that the students are suggested to learn the
used of derivational affixation. By learning the affixation, the student can improve
their knowledge of new vocabulary.
