TYPES OF COMPOUND WORDS IN THE JAKARTA POST ARTICLES IN JOSHUA HUTABARAT’S MURDER

Abstract

The objective of this study is to find out the types of compound words in The Jakarta Post Articles in Joshua Hutabarat’s Murder based on McCarthy, 2005 theory. This study was applied by using a descriptive qualitative approach. The source of the data of this study was collected from Joshua Hutabarat’s Murder articles in The Jakarta Post. The writer found three types of compound words, they are compound nouns, compound verbs, and compound adjectives. The results of this study are 33 data which were categorized into compound nouns, 12 data which were categorized into compound verbs, and 10 data which were categorized into compound adjectives.