Comparative study of compound words in English and Indonesian Fransiska Napitupulu

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 
3. Data Analysis 
 
 
The data are taken from English and Bahasa Indonesia magazine. The English 
article is taken from Globe Asia magazine (page 162-167) Jun 2011-Vol 5 NO 6 edition, 
they are:
1. 
“Beyond 2015” 
2. 
“Promoting Peace Through Entrepreneurship” 
3. 
“Building National Competitiveness” 
The article using Bahasa Indonesia is taken from INVESTOR magazine (page 
92-99) Jun 2011-XIII/216 edition, they are: 
1. 
“Patgulipat Harvestindo Berujung Petaka” 
2. 
“Sisi Minor Kinerja Emiten BEI” 
3. 
“Menagih Komitmen Emiten Rugi” 
The Data Analysis 
 
The data are analyzed by the theory proposed by Jackson (2000) by using the 
prosedure of analyzing the data which have been mentioned in the previous chapter. 
English Word Formation 
Word formation in English consists of six types, and they are marked by each 
symbols: A – Derivation 

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B – Inflection 
C – Compounding 
D – Conversion 
E – Blends 
F – Shortening 
Table 4.1: The analysis of article “Beyond 2015”