21 The second study entitled On the Interpretation of Noun Compounds:
Syntax, Semantics, Entailment was conducted by Preslav Nakov with an underlying reason that interpretation of noun compounds leads to significant
problems for automated analysis. The study attempted to prove that the syntax and semantics of noun compounds can help overcome textual entaiment problems.
Compared to the present study, the previous study focused on interpreting noun compounds such as colon cancer tumor suppressor protein. Meanwhile, the
present study discusses the elements and types of nominal compounds. Although it talks about the meaning of noun compounds in determining the type of nominal
compounds, it only emphasis on the most basic form of noun compounds constructing from 2 elements.
2.2 Theoretical Framework
In this research, there are two research questions that will be answered according to the theoretical review that has been previously provided. The first
research question is related to the elements that make up nominal compounds found in The Jakarta Post and New York Times news articles. Meanwhile, the
second research question deals with the types of nominal compounds appearing frequently in the news articles.
The Jakarta Post is one of Indonesian newspapers written in English that constitutes the most popular one. In other words, Indonesians are much more
familiar with this newspaper compared to others, such as The Jakarta Globe, Inside Indonesia, and The President Post. The Jakarta Post is acknowledged to
have accurate and educated coverage with good analysis Pakpahan, 2009. This
study utilizes the online version of this newspaper whose website is PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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data source containing current issues happening in Asia, America, Europe, Middle East, and so on.
Meanwhile, New York Times is one of American newspapers
chosen as the data source in this study because of its excellence in journalism proven with 122 Pulitzer Prizes achieved. None of other newspapers have ever
achieved this number of prizes. The website of New York Times, nytimes.com, is said to be one of the top websites since it was first launched.
This study utilizes the online version of this newspaper, obtaining articles specifically from the
World column containing current issues happening in Asia, America, Europe, Middle East, and so on.
In particular, the theory of elements, constituents, and types of nominal compounds from Katamba 1993 and Plag 2003 is utilized in this research.
Additionally, some theories from other experts will be used as well to support the main theory including Szymanek 1989, Spencer 1991, Bybee 1985, Carstairs
McCarthy 2002, Nida 1949, and Matthews 1991. The elements of compounds include Nouns as the head with Nouns, Adjectives, Verbs, and
Prepositions as modifiers while the constituents deal with constructions of compounds. Finally, the types of nominal compounds include endocentric,
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CHAPTER 3 METHODOLOGY
This chapter provides information on how this research is carried out in an attempt to answer the research questions which cover what elements compose
nominal compounds and what types of nominal compounds frequently appear in the newspapers. It begins with discussing type of research, data source, data
collection technique, and technique of analysis.
3.1 Type of Research
This research is categorized as a research of morphology. There are some considerations why this research is regarded to be a morphological research.
Firstly, this research attempts to examine one of morphological processes, which is compounding. Szymanek 1989 mentions that compounding is included
in concatenative processes in morphology. It examines two bases which include words or root morphemes. Katamba 1993 argues that a research involving the
analysis of roots, stems, and bases is called a morphological research. This is, therefore, said to be a research of morphology also because “compounding creates
new items of vocabulary Bauer, 2003, p.135. In other words, the order of words is very essential in constructing a compound.
3.2 Data Source
This research generally aims to find out nominal compounds in both local and international online newspapers, namely The Jakarta Post and New York
Times. It attempts to reveal the elements composing nominal compounds and to identify which type of nominal compounds appears frequently in the newspapers.
