THE USE OF POLYSEMY ON THE NEWS ITEMS OF DJAKA LODANG MAGAZINE IN 2016

Abstract

This research aims to describe the use of polysemy on the news items of Djaka Lodang Magazine in 2016. They will be described based on 1) polysemy words forms, 2) polysemy type of words, and 3) polysemy type of words meaning relation. This is descriptive-based research. The data that is used in this research are polysemy words or phrases. The data collection technique is read-note taking technique. The research used semantics analysis. The data analysis used descriptive-based analysis. The data validity wasreferred to triangulation theory and contextual semantic to validate the data. Then, the reliabilitywas checked using stability reliability. The result of this research is related to polysemy theory. It can be seen in the polysemy words form, type of polysemywords, and polysemy type ofwords meaning relation on the news items of Djaka Lodang Magazine in 2016. Based on the polysemy linguistic forms they can be grouped into two categories which are words and phrases. Polysemy words formation then can be grouped into four categories which are basic word (lingga), suffixes (andhahan), compound words (camboran), and repeated words (rangkep). Polysemy type of words can be grouped into three categories which are verbs, nouns, and adjectives. Polysemy type of words meaning relation can be grouped into seven categories which are types of words meaning, null derivation type, derivation affixes types, total associative constituent type, words class relation type, temporal connective associative relation type, and total attributive associative type.

Keywords: polysemy, djaka lodang.