THE USE OF INFLECTIONAL AND DERIVATIONAL SUFFIXES IN THE NOVELS HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER’S STONE AND TWILIGHT
THE USE OF INFLECTIONAL AND DERIVATIONAL SUFFIXES IN THE NOVELS HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER’S STONE AND TWILIGHT

Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses the use of inflectional and derivational suffixes, for which purpose two chapters from two novels written in English language have been analysed. The novels include: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, written by J. K. Rowling and Twilight, written by Stephanie Meyer. It is hypothesized that inflectional suffixes prevail in literature texts written in English language in comparison to derivational suffixes. The first part of the paper provides theoretical background of the process of affixation with a special emphasis put on suffixation, types of suffixes, distinction between inflectional and derivational suffixes, whereas the central and the most important part of the paper deals with the analysis and the results. Although only two chapters of two novels have been analysed, the sufficient number of each type of suffixes has been selected clearly showing that inflectional suffixes prevail, which proves the hypothesis. The results obtained through the analysis can be representative, even though they cannot be considered as a general rule since they may be influenced by many factors, e.g., whether the analysis has been conducted using the entire novels or even completely different corpus (newspapers, online articles, scientific papers, etc.). Nevertheless, the results can provide a good basis/source for some future similar research.

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