Plag (2003) says that suffix posseses some meanings. He adds that –able for the verb base, the meanings are capable of Xed’ like in breakable, ‘is and or disposed to X’ like in deterrable, readable, changeable agreeable, ‘liable According to Carstairs and McCharty (2002), perishable, variable; changeable. the adjectival suffix is only derived from verbs yet Plag (2003) states that –able suffix can attach to nouns to form adjectives which can produce meaning –able by X’ as in and fashionable, knowledgeable, reasonable ‘characterized ‘capable of being Xed’ like in For the loan marriageable, jeepable, kitchenable, roadable. words, suffix changes in to like in comprehensible, discernible, –able –ible Suffix and its allomorph mostly does not change flexible, reversible. –able –ible the base word writing system in the new words as presented as follow. Illustration 2.2 The Examples of Suffix -able 2.1.3.4 Suffix –al According to Carstairs and McCharty (2002) the examples of the words with this suffix are and which have nouns as original, normal, personal, national the base words. The meaning of the words with suffix is the form of –al ‘having X’ or the character of X’ as in and Plag (2003) states ‘having accidental universal. that most of the base for suffix is Latinate like in colonial, cultural, federal, –al He adds that there are two variants of this suffix; and institutional, modal. -ial The variation can be seen in the following examples.
Plag (2003) says that suffix –able posseses some meanings. He adds that for the verb base, the meanings are ‘is capable of Xed’ like in breakable, deterrable, readable, changeable and ‘liable or disposed to X’ like in agreeable, perishable, variable; changeable. According to Carstairs and McCharty (2002), the adjectival suffix –able is only derived from verbs yet Plag (2003) states that suffix –able can attach to nouns to form adjectives which can produce meaning ‘characterized by X’ as in fashionable, knowledgeable, reasonable and ‘capable of being Xed’ like in marriageable, jeepable, kitchenable, roadable. For the loan words, suffix –able changes in to –ible like in comprehensible, discernible, flexible, reversible. Suffix –able and its allomorph –ible mostly does not change the base word writing system in the new words as presented as follow. Illustration 2.2 The Examples of Suffix -able 2.1.3.4 Suffix –al According to Carstairs and McCharty (2002) the examples of the words with this suffix are original, normal, personal, and national which have nouns as the base words. The meaning of the words with suffix –al is ‘having the form of X’ or ‘having the character of X’ as in accidental and universal. Plag (2003) states that most of the base for suffix –al is Latinate like in colonial, cultural, federal, institutional, modal. He adds that there are two variants of this suffix; -ial and The variation can be seen in the following examples.
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