AN ANALYSIS OF MORPHOLOGY IN GORONTALESE AND ENGLISH VERBS (A COMPARATIVE STUDY)

The purpose of this research is to analyze the process of morphology in Gorontalese and English verbs. Form of morphemes (not free morphemes) which are able to attach in other morphemes functioning to form words is called affixation. Gorontalese and English verbs are analyzed based on roots from which the verbs are formed. The same procedure is carried out by regarding to the English verbs, so as to see how the two language differ from each other in this particular aspect. The function of Gorontalese verbs, and their English equivalent are classified according to the word. The result of this study shows that there are discontinuous morphemes, that is affixes combination, and infix in Gorontalese, whereas English such type of morpheme is nonexistent