AN ANALYSIS OF COMPOUND WORDS OF FITNESS TERMS FOUND IN MICHAEL MATTHEWS’ BOOK ENTITLED “MUSCLE MYTHS: 50 HEALTH & FITNESS MISTAKES YOU DON’T KNOW YOU’RE MAKING” - 1851800036

The aims of this research were to analyze types of formation and types of meaning of compound words of fitness terms found in Michael Matthews‟s book entitled Muscle Myths : 50 Health & Fitness Mistakes You Don‟t Know You‟re Making.
This research used descriptive qualitative method. The researcher acted as the main instrument. The technique of collecting data used content ananlysis technique and simak catat. The data of this research were compound words. The source of data was taken from Michael Matthews‟s book entitled Muscle Myth : 50 Health & Fitness Mistakes You Don‟t Know You‟re Making. The technique of data analyzing consisted of data collectin, data reduction, data display, and conslusuon. Triangulation method was used for validating the data.
The rsearcher found 80 data of compounds of fitness terms in Michael Matthews‟s book entitled Muscle Myths : 50 Healt & Fitness Mistakes You Don‟t Know You‟re Making. The 80 data were categorized into: 1) compound nouns were 72 data formed by Noun + Noun ( 38 data ), Adjective + Noun ( 20 data ), Verb + Noun ( 4 data ), Preposition + Noun ( 4 data ), Noun + Verb ( 3 data ), Verb + Adverb ( 2 data ), Adjective + Verb ( 1 datum ). 2) Compound verbs were 2 data formed by Preposition + Verb ( 1 datum ) and Adjective + Noun ( 1 datum ). 3) Compound adjectives were 6 data formed by Noun + Adjective ( 1 datum ), Adverb + Adjective ( 1 datum ), Adjective + Noun ( 2 data ), Preposition + Noun ( 1 datum ), Noun + Noun ( 1 datum ). There were 63 data of endocentric compounds and 17 data of exocentric compounds.
Key words : Word Formation, Compounding, Compound Words, Fitness Terms, Muscle Myths.