Morphological Analysis of Compound Words in the “The Architecture of Love” Novel by Ika Natassa

Language is essential for communication, where English being the most widely used language. Language is developed gradually by the development of many sectors, such as technology, which generates new words. The process of creating new words is called word formation. A word that is compound is a type of word structure that combines two free morphemes or two words to create a new, more significant, and meaningful term. By the compounding process, new words called compound words are created. In English, compound words are an essential thing that must be known because many new words are created by combining many words. This study aims to find out the types of compound words and meanings of compound words and analyse the morphological process of compound words used in the novel The Architecture of Love. This study applied a descriptive qualitative method. The data were collected by reading, note-taking, and selecting data. The data were descriptively analysed using a word tree diagram from a morphology perspective, in accordance with Lieber (2009). The findings were presented using an informal method with a comprehensive analysis and a formal method through tables and diagrams. The finding showed that all types of compounds were found in the novel with different numbers of occurrences. The total number of compounds shown in the finding is 184. 175 compound words are classified as attributive. There are 5 coordinative compounds and 4 subordinative compounds. Based on the semantic point of view, the best data are classified as endocentric for 178 compounds. On the other hand, there are 6 exocentric compounds.