Alviana Dewi, Laila (2020) [DAFTAR PUSTAKA BELUM ADA] Figurative Language in Maher Zain's Song Lyrics. Undergraduate (S1) thesis, IAIN Ponorog.
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DEWI, LAILA ALVIANA. 2020. Figurative Language in Maher Zain’s Song Lyrics in Academic Year 2019/2020. Thesis. English Education Department, Tarbiyah Faculty, State Istitute for Islamic Studies of Ponorogo, Advisor WiwinWidyawati, M.Hum.
Key Word:Figurative language, lyric, song.
Figurative language is language which uses all types of creative writing. Figurative language is important for the students especially who love the song. By knowing it, they will have the ability to comprehending meaning and mission of song. Lyric is expressing a person's personal feeling and thoughts through song. It means that the song can be used as the way to delivering idea and feeling so that the people can understand what the composer means.
The purpose of this research were to find the types of figurative language in Maher Zain’s songs and disclose the most dominant types of figurative language in Maher Zain’s songs.
This research applied descriptive qualitative approach. The research design was content analysis. It is intended to investigate those two research problems in relation to figurative language. The data were obtained from selected Maher Zain’s song lyrics, Hold My Hand, For The Rest of My Life, Number One For Me, Open Your Eyes and Awaken. By using figurative language theory of Perrine and supported by the theories of Abrams, Keraf and Reaske. To analysis it, used observation, note-taking and transcribing. The result of the research showed that from 5 songs, there are 42 lyrics containing figurative language. Those 42 lyrics comprise 8 types of figurative languages. They are simile, metaphor, personification, synecdoche, paradox, hyperbole, understatement and irony. The percentage of each type of figurative language found in Maher Zain’s songs was 14% contained simile and personification types, 5% contained metaphor and irony types, 2% contained synecdoche and understatement types, 7% contained paradox type and 51% contained hyperbole type.
Based on the result of the study, it can be concluded that the most dominant types of figurative language in Maher Zain’s song is hyperbole. In ELT students can find a way to improve their ability especially in figurative language. By analyzing figurative language in song lyrics, they can improve their critical analysis. For the further researcher, particularly those who have the some problems and interested in conducting research, it suggested that this study can be a reference and the researcher hopes that this study can give the benefits to another researcher.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Undergraduate (S1)) |
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| Thesis Supervisor: | Wiwin Widyawati |
| Subjects: | 13 EDUCATION > 1399 Other Education > 139999 Education not elsewhere classified |
| Divisions: | Fakultas Ilmu Tarbiyah dan Keguruan > Jurusan Tadris Bahasa Inggris |
| Depositing User: | Miss Perpustakaan IAIN Ponorogo |
| Date Deposited: | 28 May 2020 08:05 |
| Last Modified: | 28 May 2020 08:05 |
| URI: | http://etheses.iainponorogo.ac.id/id/eprint/9522 |
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