AN ANALYSIS OF DERIVATIONAL SUFFIXES FOUND IN SELECTED ARTICLES OF VOA NEWS ABOUT DONALD TRUMP'S PRESIDENCY

This study examines derivational suffixes that appear in news articles from VOA News titled Donald Trump’s Presidency 2025. The main goals of the research are to identify the kinds of derivational suffixes used in the articles and to explain their functions. The data were taken from 15 VOA News articles related to the topic. To collect the data, the researcher used an observation method, and the data were analyzed using a descriptive qualitative approach. In analyzing the data, this research applied theories proposed by Katamba (1993), Katamba (1994) and Hamawand (2011) to classify the types of derivational suffixes. Meanwhile, the functions of the suffixes were analyzed using the theory from Carstairs and McCarthy (2002). The findings show that a total of 257 words containing derivational suffixes were found in the data. The study identified four main types of derivational suffixes. These include nominal suffixes such as -ion, -ment, -er, -ity, -ation, -tion, -ness, -ence/-ance, -ism, -ist, -ship, -ese, and -an; verbal suffixes like -ise/-ize and -en; adjectival suffixes such as -ive, -able, -al, -less, -ful, -er, -ern, -ous, and -est; and one adverbial suffix, which is -ly. Regarding their functions, derivational suffixes were found to have two roles: class changing and class maintaining. Class changing suffixes include verb derived noun, adjective derived noun, verb derived adjective, noun derived adjective, noun derived verb, and adjective derived adverb. Class maintaining suffixes include noun derived noun and adjective derived adjective. The results indicate that nominal suffixes are the most frequently used type in the articles. In addition, class changing suffixes are more dominant than class maintaining suffixes in the data.