MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF COMPOUND WORDS USED IN CNN INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Abstract

This study tries to discover and classify the types and patterns of compound words on CNN (Cable News Network) International news using McCarthy's (2002) theory and quantitative method to determine how the words are produced. CNN International news entitled “As Uvalde Funerals Continue, Authorities' Timeline of the Terror at Robb Elementary Continues to Shift” (CNN 1) and “Forced Out of School during the Pandemic, now She's Pregnant. She's One of Millions of Girls who Won't Return to the Classroom” (CNN 2) was chosen by the researcher as the research object. Researchers employed the following research steps in this paper: (1) reading CNN International news. (2) Gathering information in the form of a list of compound-identified terms (3) Identifying and categorizing the different sorts of compound terms found in the study object. Compound types are presented in tabular form in the form of word lists. The results of the analysis obtained based on the data: (1) The total compound words found in both CNN International news is 35 words. (2) These words include 13 compound nouns, 2 compound adjectives, and 3 compound prepositions in “As Uvalde Funerals Continue, Authorities' Timeline of the Terror at Robb Elementary Continues to Shift” (CNN 1), as well as 16 compound nouns and 1 compound adjective in “Forced Out of School during the Pandemic, now She's Pregnant. She's One of Millions of Girls who Won't Return to the Classroom” (CNN 2).