The Development of Morphological Acquisition Among the Children 1.5-3.5 Years old
Rikha Tania (a*), Sumarsih (b), Berlin Sibarani (b)
a) English Applied Linguistic Study Program,Postgraduate School,State University of Medan, Medan, Indonesia
Jl. William Iskandar Ps.V, Kenangan Baru, Percut Sei Tuan, Kabupaten Deli Serdang, sumatera Utara
20221 *rikhatania[at]gmail.com 081223944240
b) State University of Medan, Medan, Indonesia
Abstract
The aim of this study is deals with the development of morphology acquisition among the children of 1.5 until 3.5 years old a.The objectives of the research were to find out morphemes are acquired by the children 1.5 until 3.5 years old.This research conducted by the qualitative research and the research design of this research is cross-sectional design.The data were obtained by the observation by recorded the utterances made by children in natural context.The data collected were analyzed by interactive models by Miles and Huberman and Saldana model.The subject of the research were 8 children of 1.5 until 3.5 years old and the research take 2 children from each age.The result of the research is the free morpheme has been produced in age 1.5 years old.Meanwhile there are different ability in acquiring bound morpheme.Firstly, child in age 1.5-2.0 has different ability in acquiring bound morphemes, secondly, child in age 2.1-2.5 has been able to produced suffixes and partikel, but there is different ability in acquiring prefix.Thirdly, child in age 2.6-3.0 has different ability in acquiring prefix and suffixes.And Fourthly, child in age 3.1-3.5 has been able to produced bound morphemes.
Keywords: Morphological acquisition, order, free morpheme,bound morpheme acquisition
Topic: Curriculum, Research and Development