Comparative study of compound words in English and Indonesian Fransiska Napitupulu

NO	Word Formation
Explanation
1	Networking	Internetworking (Noun)
2	Let’s	Let us (Adverb)

6. 
   Shortening
   

NO	Word Formation	Explanation
1	US	United state (Noun)
2	Net	Internet (Noun)
3	Phone	Handphone (Noun)

Discussion

1. 
   The examples of word formation in English above are called derivation, consist of new words of the same grammatical form, such as noun to noun,or different grammatical forms, such as verb to noun. For example:
   

2. 
   Organization : organize (verb) + ion = noun
   
3. 
   Foundation : foundate (verb) + ion = noun
   

1. 
   The second types of word formation is inflection. For example:
   
   1. 
      Universities : university (noun) + es
      
   2. 
      Companies : company (noun) + es
      
2. 
   The third types is Compound words may be written as one word or as two words joined with a hyphen called by compounding. For example:
   
   1. 
      Entrepreneurship : consist of two words (entrepreneur as adjective + ship as a noun)
      
   2. 
      Groundwork : consist of two words ( ground as a noun + work as a verb)
      

3. 
   A word of one grammatical form becomes a word of another grammatical form without any changes to spelling or pronunciation called conversion. For example:
   
   1. 
      To lay : to + lay as a noun (a verb)
      
   2. 
      To spread : to + spread as a noun (a verb)
      
4. 
   As the examples of word formation above are called shortening, its called because make a new word retains the meaning of the original word. such as US, web. For explanation:
   
   1. 
      US (United State)
      
   2. 
      Web (website)