A MORPHOLOGICAL STUDY ON ENGLISH COMPOUND WORDS
FOUND IN HANDBOOK OF PSYCHOLINGUISTICS SUBJECT AT 7th
SEMESTER AT MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKARTA
RESEARCH PAPER
Submitted as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Getting Bachelor Degree of Education
in English Department
Proposed by:
ANDREVIAN ARI WIBOWO A320100078
SCHOOL OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKARTA
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DEDICATION
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5. All lecturers at English Department of Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta, thank you so muchfor the useful knowledge and wisdom,
6. His beloved parents, brothers and sister for their love and their support,
7. All of his friends in English Department 2010, especially to B class thank
you so much,
8. His best friends; Arif Agung Laksono, Dedy Priyanto, Dwi Rulianto,
Dwika Agus Febrian, Fadhillah Akbar, Febbi Kusuma Nugroho, Pria Adi Bryantara. Thanks for the friendship and for your motivation,
9. Thanks for all side that can not be mentioned one by one.
The writer realizes that in this process of writing the research paper there is
still lacking and it is far from being perfect. Therefore, the writer expects many
suggestions and criticisms in order to make this research paper better and perfect.
The writer hopes this paper useful for the others.
Wassalamu’alaikum Warahmatullaahi Wabarakaatuh.
Surakarta, November 17th, 2014
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TABLE OF CONTENT
TITLE ... i
APPROVAL ... ii
ACCEPTANCE ... iii
TESTIMONY ... iv
MOTTO ... v
DEDICATION ... vi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ... vii
TABLE OF CONTENT ... ix
LIST OF TABLE ... xii
SUMMARY ... xiii
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION A. Background of the Study ... 1
B. Previous Study ... 3
C. Problem Statement ... 4
D. Objective of the Study ... 4
E. Limitation of Study ... 4
F. Benefit of the Study ... 5
G. Organization of The Research Paper ... 6
CHAPTER II UNDERLYING THEORY A. Notion of Morphology ... 7
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C. Notion of Word ... 8
D. Morphological Processes ... 8
E. Compound Word ... 11
1. Notion of Compound Word ... 11
2. Elements of Compound Word ... 14
a. Compound Use as Noun ... 14
b. Compound Use as Verb ... 16
c. Compound Use as Adjective ... 17
3. Meaning of Compound Word ... 18
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD A. Type of Research ... 19
B. Object of Research ... 19
C. Data and Data Source ... 19
D. Technique of Collecting Data ... 19
E. Technique of Analyzing Data ... 20
CHAPTER IV DATA ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION OF THE FINDING A. Data Analysis ... 21
1. The Form of Compound Word ... 21
a. Noun Compound ... 21
b. Verb Compound ... 65
c. Adjective Compound ... 67
2. Meaning of Compound Word ... 73
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b. Opaque meaning ... 74
B. Discussion of the Finding ... 76
CHAPTER V CONCLUSION
A. Conclusion ... 83
B. Suggestion ... 85
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SUMMARY
ANDREVIAN ARI WIBOWO. A 320100078. A MORPHOLOGICAL
STUDY ON ENGLISH COMPOUND WORDS FOUND IN HANDBOOK OF
PSYCHOLINGUISTICS SUBJECT AT 7th SEMESTER AT MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKARTA. Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta: Research Paper 2014.
This study is focused on compound words that are found in Handbook of
Psycholinguistics subject at 7th semester. This study is aimed to describe what the forms of compound word are and what the meanings of compound word are in
Handbook of Psycholinguistics subject at 7th semester by using O’Grady’s theory and Palmer’s theory.
This is a descriptive qualitative research. The object of this study is compound words. The technique of collecting data is documentation method. There are several procedures of collecting data such as reading the handbook, selecting compound words, and retyping. The data is analyzed using tree diagram (O’Grady’s theory) and identifying meaning using Palmer’s theory.
The results of this study are 226 of compound words. Based on the forms of compound word, there are 158 (69,9%) 0f noun compound, 1 (0,4%) of verb compound and 67 (29,7%) of adjective compound. The total is 226 (100%) of compound words. Based on the meanings of compound, there are 184 (81,4%) of transparent meaning and 42 (18,6%) of opaque meaning. The total is 226 (100%) of compound words.
