Comparative study of compound words in English and Indonesian Fransiska Napitupulu

Conceptual Framework

This study is concerned with the similarities and differences of compound words between English and Bahasa Indonesia. It is concerned about the comparing of two language based on the types according to each theory. Compunding might be form by noun and noun, verb and noun, and every combination of word class. The discussion is conduct to look for the similarities and differences in compound words between English and Bahasa Indonesia. The aspect of compound words include the function and position.

2. The Research Design

In this part of study, the data are analyzed by using a descriptive qualitative method. “Descriptive qualitative is a method of research which makes the description of situation events or occurances”. So that, this method has an intention to accumulate the basic data (Nazir, 1998:36). The data were collected would be analyzed and the result of the study was the description of circumtances of compounding word in using language and to prove the similarities and differences of word formation of compound words between English and in Bahasa Indonesia. In this case, the writer wants to describe the

similarities and differences of word formation of compound words between English and in Bahasa Indonesia. Then, this description is conduct by comparing and constrasting English and Bahasa Indonesia word to find out the similarities and differences in both languages.

The Data

The writer took the data from some magazines, which are related to the study in English and Bahasa indonesia. The sources of the data are taken from “(Plantation King Indonesia’s Richest Man” by Globe Asia) Jun 2011-Vol 5 NO 6”in English and“(50 Best Banks by Investor Business and Capital Markets) Jun 2011-XIII/216”in Indonesia.

Technique of Collecting Data

The data of this study are Compund word by taking from two magazines, Consist of two languages between English and Bahasa Indonesia. Choosing the article; English “(Plantation King Indonesia’s Richest Man by Globe Asia) Jun 2011-Vol 5 No 6”, Indonesia“(50 Best Banks by Investor Business and Capital Markets) Jun 2011- XIII/216”. And then all of them are investigate to find out the similarities and differnces between compound words in both languages.

The procedures of analyzing the data
Underlining the compound words found in English and Indonesia’s Article, categorizing the word formation of compound words, describing the word formation of the compound words according to it’s word formation, concluding the finding

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