The Use of Compound Words in the Guardian News Website

Abstract

The objective of this study is to identify the types of compound words and formation of compound words found on the Guardian News Website. This study analyzed fourteen news sites that were currently popular or the latest from 1 July 2023 – 14 July 2023 on the Guardian News Website. The data were classified and analyzed by applying the theory about the types and formation of compound words proposed by Delahunty & Garvey and also supported by the theory proposed by McCarthy. This study applied descriptive qualitative research and the data were obtained using a documentation and note-taking method. The data were presented in a formal method by providing tables and informal methods to explain the types and forms of compound words. The results of this study found that there were 179 compound words in fourteen selected news articles on the Guardian News Website. The first result revealed that this study found seven types of compound words: 102 (57%) compound nouns, 33 (18%) compound verbs, 25 (14%) compound adjectives, 7 (4%) compound adverbs, 6 (3%) compound pronouns, 5 (3%) compound prepositions, and 1 (1%) neo-classical compound. The second result revealed four forms of compound word formation: 117 (65%) closed compounds, 29 (16%) open compounds, 22 (12%) hyphenated compounds, and the last 11 (6%) mixed compounds.

Keywords

• the guardian news
• compound words
• types
• formation