A Comparative study between english and arabic in affixation

Lubis, Harmein (2019) A Comparative study between english and arabic in affixation. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Padangsidimpuan.

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Abstract

This research aims to know the similiraties and differences between English and Arabic in discussing affixation. The method of this study is descriptive method. Reserach has been done through the library and field reserach. The data has been taken form library, reading book of English and Arabic that related with affixation. Affixation in English occurs with the addition of prefix and suffix. Prefixation is a bound morpheme which is added to the front base while suffixation is a bound morpheme which is added to the back base. Affixes includes morpheme. It can be added to other morpheme (root/base) which is constructing a word formation and new meaning. Affix in Arabic is the basic word contained in the verb (fi 'il tsulasi mazid) which after obtaining (affix) by using the additional letter to fiil tsulasi mazid causing the number of letters in the word to be four letters, or five letters (mazid biharfain), or six letters (mazid fi tsalasati ahrufin). The result shows that there are two similarities and three differences between affix in English and Arabic. The similarities are both of them are forming new word meaning and both of them not change the word class. The differences are about the wrod class that can be added affix, number of affix and the meaning of affix

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