Animated Television Series by Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante Dimartino

Idiomatic Expressions Found in “AVATAR: THE LEGEND OF KORRA” Animated

Television Series by Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino

THESIS

By:

Jefri Rival Nur Iqbal

201610100311149

ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

2020

Idiomatic Expressions Found in “AVATAR: THE LEGEND OF KORRA” Animated

Television Series by Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino

THESIS This thesis is submitted to meet one of the requirements to achieve Sarjana Degree in English Language Education

By:

Jefri Rival Nur Iqbal

201610100311149

ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

2020

This thesis was written by Jefri Rival Nur Iqbal and was approved on January 7, 2021

By:

Advisor II, Advisor I,

Nina Inayati, S.Pd., M.Ed Dra. Hj. Erly Wahyuni, M.Si.

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MOTTO AND DEDICATIONS

MOTTO

“So do not weaken and do not grieve, and you will be superior if you are [true]

believers”.

- Qur’an 3:139 -

DEDICATIONS

I dedicate this thesis to:

My beloved parents, my beloved grandparents, my brother, my aunty, all of my friends in

C class 2016, and of course my dearest advisors Mam Erly and Mam Nina.

ABSTRACT

IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS FOUND IN “AVATAR: THE LEGEND OF KORRA” ANIMATED TELEVISION SERIES BY BRYAN KONIETZKO AND MICHAEL DANTE DIMARTINO

An idiom is a part of figurative language that has a simple form of the sentence but it is hard to know the literal meaning of the sentence itself. Learning idiomatic expression can be from variegated ways and sources such as from school, book, song, even a movie. In this context, the researcher attempted to analyze idiomatic expressions from animated movie series entitled “AVATAR: The Legend of Korra" which aired on the Nickelodeon television channel. The aims of this research were; (1) to classify the idiomatic expressions based on Fillmore's theories, (2) to find out the literal meaning of each idiomatic expression found in the series. The researcher used a descriptive qualitative approach and the researcher himself as the key instrument to gather and analyze the data from the movie series. The result showed that the researcher obtained 62 idiomatic expressions from 13 episodes within Book Three: Change and all of the findings fulfilled eight of eight types of idiom based on theory by Fillmore. In order to get better understanding, the meaning of each idiom also has been translated with the help of Online Cambridge Dictionary and The Free Dictionary by Farlex.

Keywords: Idiomatic Expression, Animated Movie, AVATAR: The Legend of Korra

Advisor I The Researcher

Dra. Hj. Erly Wahyuni, M.Si. Jefri Rival Nur Iqbal

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Praise the Almighty God, the researcher expresses his highest gratitude to Allah SWT for blessing, love, opportunity, health, and mercy to complete this undergraduate thesis entitled:

Idiomatic Expressions Found in “AVATAR: THE LEGEND OF KORRA” Animated Television

Series by Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino. This thesis is submitted as the final requirement in accomplishing undergraduate degree at English Language Education Department,

Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, University of Muhammadiyah Malang.

In arranging this thesis, a lot of people have provided motivation, advice, and support for the researcher. In this valuable chance, the researcher intended to express his gratitude and appreciation to all of them:

1. Dra. Hj. Erly Wahyuni, M.Si. as the first advisor and Nina Inayati, S.Pd., M.Ed. as the

second advisor who have helped him patiently in finishing this undergraduate thesis by

giving suggestion, advice, guidance, and correction until the completion of this thesis.

2. The researcher’s beloved parents for the endless love, pray, and support.

3. The researcher’s friends Firda and Tantri who have always encouraged the researcher to

finish this thesis.

Finally, the researcher would like to thank everybody who was important to the successful realization of this undergraduate thesis. This undergraduate thesis is far from perfect, but it is expected that it will be useful not only for the researcher, but also for the readers and further researchers. For this reason, constructive suggestion and criticism are welcomed.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Approval ...... iii

Motto and Dedications ...... v

Letter of Authenticity ...... vi

Abstract ...... vii

Acknowledgements ...... viii

Table of Contents ...... ix

List of Tables ...... xi

CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of the Study ...... 1

1.2 Research Problem ...... 3

1.3 Research Objectives ...... 4

1.4 Scope and Limitation ...... 4

1.5 Research Significance ...... 4

1.6 Definition of Key Terms ...... 5

CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

2.1 Idiom ...... 7

2.2 Animated Movie ...... 11

2.3 AVATAR: The Legend of Korra ...... 14

CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

3.1 Research Design...... 16

3.2 Research Object ...... 18

3.3 Data Collection ...... 18

3.4 Data Analysis ...... 19

CHAPTER IV: FINDINGS AND DIISCUSSIONS

4.1 Findings...... 20

4.2 Discussion ...... 44

CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS

5.1 Conclusion ...... 46

5.2 Suggestion ...... 47

REFERENCES

APPENDICES

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1.1 Encoding Idioms ...... 21

Table 1.2 Decoding Idioms ...... 22

Table 1.3 Grammatical Idioms ...... 24

Table 1.4 Extragrammatical Idiom ...... 25

Table 1.5 Substantive Idioms ...... 25

Table 1.6 Formal Idioms ...... 27

Table 1.7 Idioms with Pragmatic Point...... 28

Table 1.8 Idiom without Pragmatic Point ...... 29

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