COMPOUND WORDS IN COVID-19 ARTICLES

Abstract

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus. This research is motivated by the phenomena of Covid-19 on the language. Taking into the phenomena, this research aims to identify the compound words in Covid-19 articles. This research uses corpus linguistics approach. The method used is the qualitative research. The method of collection of data is observation. The research articles analyzed 71 research articles. The result shows that the researcher uses formal method. The open compound words are found on Community transmission, Mental health, Drug maker, Face mask, Physical distancing, Hand sanitizer, Social distancing, Health insurance, and Life science. While the closed compound words are found on Coronavirus, Lockdown, Droplet, Microbiology, Outbreak, Fallout, Sunbathing, Shortage, Handwash, Healthcare, Sunbathe, Sunlight, Worldwide, Lockdown, Coronacoma, and Coronaspeck. The last is hyphenated compound words which found on Self-isolation, Face-to-face, Well-being, Long-term, Self-isolate, Self-quarantine, Blood-brain-barrier, and Micro-needle.