AN ANALYSIS OF DERIVATIONAL PROCESS OF AFFIXES USED IN THE MANUALS OF MOBILE PHONE

摘要

This research paper is aimed at answering two problems. The problems are: (1) How are the derivational process of English words used in the manuals of mobile phone and (2) What are the meaning of the derivational process of affixes of English words used in the manuals of mobile phone. This research uses documentation methods to get the data. The data are words taken from the manuals of mobile phone.udThe writer concerns with four phones brands, “Imo”, ”Nexian”, “Nokia” and “Sony Ericsson”. To answer those problems, this research employs morphological analysis.udThe results of this study show that first , there are 26 affixes used in the manuals of mobile phone: 1. un- and –al, 2. inter- and -al, 3. -ion and -al, 4. –ation and –al, 5. – ive and –ly, 6. –ous and –ly, 7. –al and –ly, 8. –ial and –ly. 10. ful – and –ly, 11. – ial and –ly, 12. -al and –ly, 13.un – and -ly , 14. Ic, -al, and –ly, 15. in- and –ly, 16. – ial and –ly, 17. in- and –ly, 18. -ial and –ity, 19. –ive and –ity, 20. -al and –ity, 21. – ive and –ity, 22. re- and –ation, 23.-ize and –ation, 24. in–, -ive, and –ity, 25. –ive and –ate, and 26. in – and –ate. In addition, from the 26 affixes mentioned, the most common affixes in the data are –ial and -ly. Second, the meaning of derivational of process of affixes that are adjective forming affixes, adverb forming affixes, noun forming affixes, and verb forming affixes.