MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF TYPES OF COMPOUND WORDS IN WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S NOVEL ROMEO AND JULIET

Abstract

The objective of this study is to analyze three types of compound words based on Booij, 2005 theory and two meanings of compound words based on Ullman, 2002 theory. This study applied by using descriptive qualitative approach. The source of data of this study is collected from William Shakespeare’s novel Romeo and Juliet. The writer found 12 data which were categorized into endocentric compound words, 26 data of exocentric compound words, and 21 data of copulative compound words. The result of this study is to analyze the data based on the types of compound words in William Shakespeare’s novel Romeo and Juliet. On the whole, the writer would like to suggest that compound words is necessary. Therefore, the writer hopes that this study might be the readers’ reference in learning compound words moreover in analyzing the compound words of literary works particularly novels.