THE BRITISH MUSICIAN’S SELECTED SONGS (A FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE ANALYSIS)
Keywords:
Figurative Language, Meaning, British
Abstract
The objective of the study is to classify the figurative language using Leech’s theory in British musician’s selected songs. This study used descriptive qualitative method. The writers take four songs, they are My Guitar Gently Weeps by The Beatles, Slide Away by Oasis, Suck It and See by Arctic Monkeys and Robbers by The 1975. From the results of the study, the writer found 5 types of figurative language, they are 5 hyperbole, 5 metaphor, 2 personification and 2 simile. Further, The writer found that all the 7 types of meaning are contained in British musician’s selected songs, they are 4 conceptual meaning, 6 connotative meaning, 3 collocative meaning, 1 social meaning, 6 affective meaning, 4 reflective meaning and 1 thematic meaning.
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Blackwood, M. (2021). Figurative Language: Essential Basics and Where They Can Be Observed. Retrieved from thewordpoint: https://thewordpoint.com/blog/figurative-language
Britannica, T. E. (2017). Semantics. Retrieved from Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/science/semantics/additional-info#history
Dasgupta, P. (2021). Retrieved from Far Out Magazine: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/beatles-harrison-while-my-guitar-gently-weeps-story-behind-the-song/
Deni Arnita Hulu, E. N. (2021). An Analysis of Figuartive Language in Ariana Grande's Album "Thank U, Next". Linguistic, English Education and Art (LEEA), 4.
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Harya, T. D. (2016). An Analysis of Figurative Language Used in Coelhos's Novel Entitled “Alchemist”. Premise Journal, 45-63.
Institute, C. F. (2022). CFI Education Inc. Retrieved from Figurative Language: https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/knowledge/other/figurative-language/
Maftuhah, E. R. (2018). Figurative Language In Selected Brian Mcknight's Songs (Semantic Analysis). Makassar.
Musicasoul. (2020). The 1975 - Robbers. Retrieved from https://musicalsoulsite.wordpress.com/2020/04/28/the-1975-robbers/
Nosratzadeh, F. B. (2017). The Effectiveness of Note-Taking on Reading Comprehension of Iranian EFL Learners. International Journal of Applied Linguistics & English Literature.
Patrik Aspers, U. C. (2019). What is Qualitative in Qualitative Research. CrossMark.
Published
2023-08-31
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