The analysis of Antonym in the BBC News scare mother save the child

Abstract

This Study deals with the analysis the types of antonym in the BBC News scare mother save the child. The objectives of this study were To find out the types of antonym in BBC News scare mother save the child and To find out dominantly types of a antonym in the BBC News scare mother save the child. The source of the data was The source of data in research would be obtained from the BBC News with the article scare mother save the child.. The BBC News published on 6th december 2016 and this research was carried out at Library of UMSU on jl Kapten Muktar Basri No. 53 Medan. The data collected were analyzed based on three types on antonym. They were gradable, complementary, and converse. Indentifying the types of antonym and calculating the percentage of the percentage of the types of the most dominantly types of antonym. The most dominant types of antonym used in BBC News scare mother save the child was gradable. The precentage of gradable antonym was 31 ( 46.27%), complementary antonym was 26 ( 38.80%), and convere antonym was 10 (14.93%). It meant gradable antonym was dominantly types by understanding and categorizing thetypes of antonym the readers are able to use antonym accurately