AN ANALYSIS OF SENSE RELATIONS IN SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT COLUMN ON BBC NEWS

ABSTRACT
Ayuningtyas, Fajar. 2015. An Analysis ofSense Relations in Science & Environment Column on BBC News. Thesis, English Study Program, Faculty Social and Cultural Sciences. Trunojoyo University. Advisor: Dr. Masduki

This study aims to analyze the types of sense relations in Science & Environment Column on BBC News. This study also describes the sense relation those frequently applied in Science & Environment Column on BBC News. This study used John I Saeed theory for analyzing the types and describing of sense relations on that news.

This study was conducted by using qualitative research; the data were taken from Science & Environment Column on BBC News. Besides that, this study uses the main instrument in collecting the data that is the writer herself. The method to collect the data is content analysis. In collecting the data through several steps, they are reading and comprehending all of the data and coding of the data. The data collection is done simultaneously with data analysis. While in analyzing the data, interactive model analysis is used. It is conducted by doing several step, they are data collection, data reduction, displaying data, and conclusion.

From the data analysis, it can be concluded that 1) The types of sense relations on data are11 data belong to synonymy with 24,4 of percentage, 16 data belong to hyponymy with 35,5 of percentage, 0 data belong to homonymy with 0 of percentage, 0 data belong to polysemy with 0 of percentage, 9 data belong to antonymy with 20 of percentage, 6 data belong to meronymy with 13,3 of percentage, 1 data belong to member collection with 2,22 of percentage, and 2 data belong to portion mass with 4,44 of percentage. Homonymy and polysemy are not found on the data. 2) Hyponymy is the types of sense relations that frequently applied in the data, 16 data of hyponymy with 35,5 percentage.

Key words: Sense Relations, Science & Environment Column