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 

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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.