COMPOUND WORDS IN BBC NEWS ABOUT COVID-19 VIRUS

Abstract

The compounding process is not only about creating news words, but also creating new meanings. This study aims to identify and classify the types of compound words on the BBC News Website and also determine the meaning of compound words that appear on the BBC News website. The source of this research data is taken from the BBC News Website, a website that allows users to get actual news, videos, audio, and other articles. The data of this research are taken from ten selected articles of BBC news on its website. In collecting data which use is Corpus Software (Antconc). To make sure all the investigated data are right, more additional information are taken from the online dictionaries and the internet source. The online dictionaries are Oxford Online Dictionary, Cambridge Online Dictionary, and the free dictionary. The results of this study indicate that there are four types of compound words found on the BBC News Website, namely nominal compound, adjective compound, verbal compound, and neoclassical compound. In addition, there are two types of meaning found in the data analysis, namely the meaning of transparent and the meaning of opaque.