An Analysis of the Use of Hyponymy on Corona Virus News of the Jakarta Post

Abstract

The research was aimed at discovering the most dominant type of hyponymy category and the least dominant type of hyponymy in the article of corona virus news of the Jakarta Post. The method of this research is descriptive qualitative. The data was analyzed by analyzing the content and subsequently investigating types of hyponymy and classifying the categories of hyponymy. It was discovered that there are 16 types of hyponymy in the articles. Based on the objective of the research that is to find out the dominant type of hyponymy category and the least dominant type of hyponymy category, it was revealed that the most dominant type of hyponymy is “province in Indonesia” with a total of 12 words and the least dominant type of hyponymy category are “age and virus” with a total of 1 words in each category. The research concluded that for EFL learners, it is best to remember words through hyponymy.