HAVING THE QUALITY OF SUFFIXES –OUS/-EOUS/-OSE/-IOUS

COMPILED BY

MIFTAH, GIYAN, DEWI

I. Introduction

Word is a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written
representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one
or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist
of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of
primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated
by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.

In morphology, the process to produce a new word form can be found in the
derivational process. It is a process by which affixes (prefix or suffix) combine with
roots to create new words. English derivational suffixes are added to the tail end of
the stem. Usually derivational suffixes change the lexical categories of the stem.

II. Theoretical Review

Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy(2000:51) stated that the suffixes all have much
the same function, but they are certainly
III. Discussion

A. The Origin of the suffixes –OUS, –EOUS, –IOUS, and –OSE.

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B. The origin of the –OUS, –EOUS, –IOUS, and –OSE suffixes are comes from
Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French < Latin –ōsus. There reasons
why the suffix –OUS, –EOUS, –IOUS, and –OSE should be attached to the
referring to the names of chemical elements. The bases are commonly nouns,
but sometimes the base can be verb.

C. The meanings of the suffixes are :

1. full of, abounding in, having, possessing the qualities of, and resembling.
2. having a valence lowerthan in compounds or ions named with an adjective
endin in –IC.
D. The comparison or the difference of using the suffixes
E. The root or base which the suffix is attached to noun or verb.
F. The category of the root or base.
G. The suffix –OUS is used to form.
H. a. –OUS
I. Suffix –OUS is use to form
J. b. –EOUS
K. Suffix –EOUS is use to form
L. c. –IOUS
M. Suffix –IOUS is use to form adjective that have noun stems. -i- (penultimate
vowel of some noun stems)
N. d. –OSE
O. Suffix –OSE is use to form adjective (possessing the quality of)

P. The sample words:

1. Danger /n/
2. Fame /n/
3. Advantage /n/
4. Mystery /n/
5. Continue

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 6. Cymose
(covetous; glorious; nervous; wondrous)

IV. Conclusion
V. References
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/words/definition

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/-ous

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/-eous?s