ANALYSIS OF DERIVATIONAL AND INFLECTIONAL MORPHOLOGY OF DISNEY’S ENGLISH SONG LYRICS

Abstract

This paper explores the morphological phenomenon of derivation and inflection in a particular context of song lyrics. The context as the data source is The Disney Song Lyrics, wherein this present research, the researchers have selected three Disney Song Lyrics under particular consideration. The main thing to learn for language mastery is words. Derivational and inflectional Morpheme is one of the Elements present in the Field of Morphology. The words are dealt with in morphology, as they affect the spelling, reading comprehension, and vocabulary. This research paper dealt with derivation and inflection within the morphological analysis. This present study conducted an analysis on the use of Derivational and inflectional Morphemes in the English Song Lyrics The Ultimate Disney Song Lyrics. The Disney Song Lyrics were chosen as the data source, as the researchers found that the lyrics within the Disney Songs are authentically native English. This study is descriptive qualitative research, in which researchers seek to find out the derivational and inflectional behaviors from words in the Disney Song Lyrics. The results found in this study were derivational morphemes consisting of 2 words and Inflectional morphemes consisting of –s plural, -s third singular person present tense, -ed past tense, -ing progressive, and –er comparative within the data of 100 words. The derivational and inflectional analyses were described in a systematic way with tables and captions, and suitable accounts. Upon the results of the findings, it is hoped that students of linguistics, especially of morphology find it easy and enjoyable to learn morphology, especially in the topic areas of derivational and inflectional morphology.