Does it copy/return 4 bytes from 2 byte word ?

[DJLinux]

DARKSDK DWORD CastFtoW(float fValue)  {
  WORD result = (WORD)fValue;
  return *((DWORD*)&result);
}

I mean if you cast a pointer of 2 byte value to pointer of 4 byte value return *((DWORD*)&result); will read two more bytes !