An analysis of prefix in a novel around the world in eighty days

By Fatimatuzzahro

1808103033

Introduction

Around the world in eighty days is an amazing novel of success, by Jules Verne's
popular book. This explains Phileas Fogg's fantastic adventures, an English gentleman who
has decided to save 40,000 pounds for eighty days to fly around the world. The story
illustrates the manner in which his personality, high values and unity of purpose allow him to
conquer seemingly unbeatable obstacles. This novel is exceptionally reasonable for readers
who love topic about fictions.. Moreover, Around the world in eighty days Novel uses
vocabulary which is easy to understand. The language is unique, for instance there is prefix in
a sentence. Prefixes are words that form a new word with another meaning at the beginning
of a word. Prefixes can as a form a new word where in the opposite way the prefix is added.
They can also form to be a negative words or express relations of time, place or manner.

Indeed, most of people who read a novel only just Concentrate on the plot of the
story, or end of story. Furthermore, from reading a novel, readers can discover a prefix in the
novel. Nowadays, most of people or readers feel not interested to indicate prefix in a novel.
This case can be found in Around the world in eighty days novel by Jules Verne. The
purpose of this paper is to discover type meaning of prefix of a sentence in Around the world
in eighty days novel by Jule Verne.

Literary review

This novel has a language that is quite easy to read. Morever, in this novel we can
found a sentence that contain affix. Affix is the common phrasing for interfacing morphemes
connected to roots or establishments [ CITATION Ron18 \l 1057 ]. Affix contain Two forms of
appeals are common, Prefixes and Suffixes [ CITATION Ary14 \l 1057 ]. Suffix is an affix
included at the ending of a word or base to create a modern word or an inflectional frame of a
word [ CITATION Aar14 \l 1057 ] . Prefix is one of the affixes before morpheme at the beginning
[ CITATION Suh17 \l 1057 ]. Prefixes in English are derivatory affixes since they never modify
the word's definition, but have the various lexical meanings [CITATION Mso \l 1057 ]. For
instance the word appear is a “verb” and disappear is meaning opposite from appear, it is
also “verb”.
 Morever, some of the prefixes used carry some of the meaning of new words that are
formed. According to [CITATION pre08 \l 1057 ] However prefix is usually used to show
negation or negative form of a word, or negative prefixes. For example, anti is meaning
against or opposite to, dis is meaning reverse or remove, non is meaning to not, un is
meaning not, that is include as a prefix to show negative form of word or negative prefixes.
Besides that prefix can also be used to express time, place or event relationships, for example
pre is meaning to time example, (pre-war), extra is meaning to place, outside of or beyond
example (extraterrestrial), over is meaning to manner, too much. Example, (overcook), im
is meaning to opposite, example (impossible). [ CITATION Red01 \l 1057 ] stated that prefix are
divided into three part, which is a prefix with the meaning ‘not/no’. And there is verb preffix
such as un, dis, etc. And the last is verb prefixes with specific meanings.

Discussion

In this part, the writer examines the finding of the research in Around the world in eighty
days novel by Jules Verne. Identifying the meaning of prefix in a sentence can be done
easily. From data finding of the research, there is prefix which was found from a novel
around the world in eighty days by Jules Verne.

N Examples this statement Type of meaning

O

1. Perhaps Passepartout became vaguely Negative prefixes

uneasy.

2. Hong Kong seemed to him not unlike Negative prefixes

Bombay, Calcutta, and Singapore.

3. it did not seem to him impossible that Opposite/Negative prefixes

4. that he neither travelled nor stayed from Manner prefixes

home overnight

5. This was a misfortune Negative prefixes

6. unusual precautions became necessary in Time, or before

unfavourable weather
 In the first sentence there is prefix. Prefix are letters that add in the beginning of word
or root that make new meaning. Therefore the sentence of “Perhaps Passepartout became
vaguely uneasy”, that be a prefix is uneasy. Word uneasy derived from the word un- and
easy. Word un is included in prefixes which means negative word. Word easy is meaning
without difficulty or effort. Meanwhile when word un and easy combined into one word, they
has different meaning or opposite meaning from word easy. Uneasy in that sentence has
meaning describe the situation of someone who is worried about something that is not going
well.

The second sentence is prefix also, the sentence is “ Hong Kong seemed to him not
unlike Bombay, Calcutta, and Singapore”. The prefix from that sentence is unlike. Word
unlike is derived from the word un- and like. Word un is included in prefixes which means
negative word. Word like can meaning as love, enjoy such as etc, but in this content like
meaning as similar to. Meanwhile when word un and like are combined into one word, they
has different meaning or opposite meaning from first word. The sentence ‘Hong Kong
seemed to him not unlike Bombay, Calcutta, and Singapore’, unlike in this content has
meaning different from or not similar.

Third sentence is ‘it did not seem to him impossible that’. The prefix from that
sentence is impossible. word impossible is derived from the word im- and possible. Possible
itself has meaning can achieve, or able to be done. And word im is included as a
opposite/negative prefixes. Then when word im and possible are combined into one word,
they has opposite meaning from word possible. The sentence ‘it did not seem to him
impossible that’, impossible in this content has meaning an event that might not happen.

Fourth sentence is ‘that he neither travelled nor stayed from home overnight’. The
prefix fom that word is overnight. Word overnight is derived from word over- and night.
night itself has meaning the period of the darkness in 24 hour, or time to sleep. And word
over has meaning too much, and included as a prefix manner. Therefore when word over and
night are combined into one word, they has meaning too much from word night. The sentence
that ‘he neither travelled nor stayed from home overnight’ word overnight has meaning
whole night or time of day.

Fifth sentence is ‘This was a misfortune’ the prefixes in that word is misfortune.
Word misfortune is derived from word mis- and fortune. Fortune itself has meaning chance
that affects someone life. And word mis is included as a negative prefixes. Meanwhile word
mis and fortune are combined into one word, misfortune has meaning as a bad luck, therefore
The last sentence is ‘unusual precautions became necessary in unfavourable weather’ the
prefixes in that sentence is precautions. Word precautions is derived from word pre- and
cautions. Caution has meaning take care, take care from danger. Pre is included a prefixes
that describe time, period. Then when word pre and caution are combined into one word they
became a prefixes, precautions in that sentence has meaning an action that is done to take
care from the danger.

Conclusion

This research concludes that the prefixes of the sentence from Around the world in eighty
days novel by Jules Verne can be understood to the readers and make easier to identify type
meaning prefix in the sentence. Besides that readers impression more attentive and do not
confused to understate about type meaning of prefix in the sentence from Around the world
in eighty days novel by Jules Verne. There are many sentence that containing prefix, there are
prefix that make a word to be a negative, or make a word has different meaning. Moreover, to
identify type meaning of prefix of the sentence from reading a novel can be enjoyable due to
learning by delightful.

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