“AN ANALYSIS OF DERIVATIONAL AND INFLECTIONAL MORPHEMES IN DIRGE WITHOUT MUSIC POEM BY EDNA ST. VINC

“AN ANALYSIS OF DERIVATIONAL AND INFLECTIONAL MORPHEMES IN DIRGE WITHOUT MUSIC POEM BY EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY ” Lecturer : Rukminingsih, M.Pd Created By : 1.       Desty Diah Murti      (157043) 2.       Nur Lailtul Zahroh     (157037) SEKOLAH TINGGI KEGURUAN DAN ILMU PENDIDIKAN PERSATUAN GURU REPUBLIK INDONESIA JOMBANG 2018 CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION A.     Background of Study Language is an essential communication tool for human life. Therefore, we must be able  to master the language and its elements such as vocabulary, structure, and so forth.  The  language itself consists of two aspects namely form and meaning. In relation to meaning, the smallest meaningful unit in language is morpheme. Morpheme  is  defined  as  the  smallest meaningful unit of a language (Lim Kiat Boey, 1975:37). Words are made up of morphemes. The morphemes which can meaningfully stand alone are called free morphemes