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SRI MELAWATI HUTASOIT Pengarang Dr. Esron Ambarita, SS, M.Hum Dosen Pembimbing 1 Vivi Novalia Sitinjak, SS, M.Hum Dosen Pembimbing 2 Charles David Silalahi, S.Pd., M.Hum. Penguji 1 Pahotan Sinaga, S.S., M.Pd. Penguji 2 Prof. Dr. Drs. Himpun Panggabean, M.Hum. Ketua Penguji

ABSTRACT Hutasoit, Sri Melawati. Inflectional Affixes in William Shakespeare’s Play Romeo and Juliet. A Thesis. Department of English Language and Literature. Fakultas Sastra. Universitas Methodist Indonesia. Medan. 2024. This thesis examines inflectional affixes in William Shakespeare’s Play Romeo and Juliet. The objectives of this study are to find out the types and to find out the functions of inflectional affixes in William Shakespeare’s Play Romeo and Juliet based on Fromkin, Rodman & Hyams (2011) theory. This study applied descriptive qualitative method. The results of this study are eight types of inflectional affixes namely third-person singular present, past tense, progressive, past participle, plural, possessive, comparative, superlative and eight functions of inflectional affixes namely third-person singular present maker, past maker, present participle maker, past participle maker, plural maker, possessive maker, comparative maker, and superlative maker. The writer found that there are 18 data categorized into third-person singular present, 10 data categorized into past tense, 2 data categorized into progressive, 8 data categorized into past participle, 13 data categorized into plural, 16 data categorized into possessive, 2 data categorized into comparative and 2 data categorized into superlative. The functions of inflectional affixes in William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet consists of 18 data categorized into third- person singular present maker (-s or -es), 10 data categorized into past tense maker (-d or-ed), 2 data categorized in present participle maker (-ing), 8 data categorized into past participle maker (-en, -id, -ed), 13 data categorized into plural maker (-s or -es), 16 data categorized into possessive maker (-‘s), 2 data categorized into comparative maker (-er) and 2 data categorized into superlative maker (-est). Keywords: Inflectional Affixes, Types, Functions, Romeo and Juliet, Morphology