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A DESCRIPTION OF IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS USED IN MILEY CYRUS’S SONG LYRICS A PAPER BY RAIHAN NAZLI SABILA REG. NO. 152202047 DIPLOMA – III ENGLISH STUDY PROGRAM FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN 2018 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA AUTHOR’S DECLARATION I am, Raihan Nazli Sabila, declare that I am the sole author of this paper. Except where the reference is made in the text of this paper, this paper contains no material published elsewhere or extracted in whole or in part from a paper by which I have qualified for or awarded another degree. No other person’s work has been used without due acknowledgement in the main text of this paper. This paper has not been submitted for the award or another degree in any tertiary education. Signed : Date : Medan, Friday, November 30th 2018 i UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA COPYRIGHT DECLARATION Name : RAIHAN NAZLI SABILA Titel of Paper : A DESCRIPTIVE OF IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS USED IN MILEY CYRUS’S SONG LYRICS Qualification : D-III / Ahli Madya Study program : English I am willing that my paper should be available for reproduction at the discretion of the Libertarian of the Diploma III English Study Program Faculty of Cultural studies, USU on the understanding that users are made aware of their obligation under law of the Republic of Indonesia. Signed : Date : Medan, Friday, November 30th 2018 ii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ABSTRAK Penelitian ini membahas ungkapan-ungkapan idiomatik yang ada di lagu-lagu Miley Cyrus. Pada penelitian ini, penulis tertarik untuk mengetahui apa saja idiomatic expression yang muncul di lagu Miley Cyrus dan menggambarkan makna dari setiap idiom tersebut. Penulis meneliti tujuh lagu dari album “Younger Now”. Pada penelitian ini, penulis menggunakan metode qualitatif dan pendekatan deskriptif. Hasil dari penelitian ini memperlihatkan bahwa ada seratus dua puluh dua idiomatic expression yang ditemukan dari tujuh lagu tersebut. Setelah penulis mengklasifikasi idiom berdasarkan teori dari Makkai, penulis menemukan tiga puluh lima idiom dalam bentuk phrasal verb, empat puluh delapan idiom dalam bentuk phrasal compound, dan tiga puluh sembilan idiom dalam bentuk tournure idiom. Kata kunci : Idiom, lagu, dan lagu-lagu Miley Cyrus. iii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ABSTRACT This study discusses idiomatic expression used in Miley Cyrus’s songs. In this study, the writer were interested to find out idiomatic expression in Miley Cyrus songs and to describe the meaning of idiom. The writer describe seven songs of Miley Cyrus’s song in album “Younger Now”. In this study, the writer used a qualitative method and descriptive approach. The result of the descriptive showed that there were one hundred and twenty two idiomatic expressions found in those seven songs. After the writer classified the idioms based on Makkai theory, the writer found out thirthy five in the form of phrasal verb, fourty eight idioms in the form of phrasal compound, and thirty nine idioms in the form of tournure idioms. Key words : Idiom, song, and Miley Cyrus’s song. iv UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thanks and praise Allah SWT and Prophet Muhammad SAW for blessing and giving me the opportunity, health, strength, and ability to complete this paper. However, this success would not be achieved without support from individual, people and institution. For all guidance, the researcher would like to dedicated the best thanks to: Dr. Drs. Budi Agustono, M.S. as the Dean of Faculty Cultural Studies, University of Sumatera Utara. Dra. Swesana Mardia Lubis, M.Hum as the Head of English Diploma Study Program, who give me chance to prove my qualified for finishing this paper. My Supervisor Prof. Dr. Syahron Lubis, M.A for the precious time and knowledge he has given me for finishing my paper. I am extremely grateful for both of my parents Yusroni, and Lisnawati for their love, prayer, financial, and caring, advice for me finishing my paper. Also i express my thanks to my brother and sister Fadhil Haris Azhari, and Balqis Farah Kamila for do nothing for me but I appreciate it. I present this paper for you. I am very grateful to have some close friends who always support me. This appreciation goes to my girls GOC; Maisarah, Vina “Vinul” Anglia, v UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA Yolanda “Nekyo” Purba, Richa “Riyem” Opusunggu, Vivi Dwi Jayanti, Ayu “Bunda” Parasmita, Syifa Andrizha, and Siti Maysarah a.k.a Kuin Jable who always bring me cheer, thanks for all the things that we have been through this past three years, up and down, laugh and tears and the stupid, funny, receh jokes you guys ever made. I never thought our friendship will be this far until now for all the times that we have spent together. Thank you guys for your support. Also Solidas 15 A thank you for your support and for the others that I can’t mention, thanks for your existence and being my friend, I really appreciate every single time we spend together. Finally, I will accept the suggestion and critics that build me up from the readers because I know this paper is not perfect, and that’s why your critics might make this paper better. Thanks to all readers who read this paper. Medan, Friday, November 30th 2018 The writer, Raihan Nazli Sabila Reg. No: 1522020047 vi UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA TABLE OF CONTENTS AUTHOR’S DECLARATION ...................................................................... i COPYRIGHT DECLARATION .................................................................. ii ABSTRAK ...................................................................................................... iii ABSTRACT .................................................................................................... iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ........................................................................... v TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................... vii I. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................ 1.1 Background of the study ......................................................................... 3 1.2 Problem of the study ............................................................................... 3 1.3 Purpose of the study ............................................................................... 3 1.4 Scope of the study ................................................................................... 3 1.5 Significance of the study ........................................................................ 4 1.6 Method of the study ................................................................................ 4 II. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE ....................................... 2.1 Definition of Idiomatic Expressions .................................................... 5 2.2 Types of Idiom ..................................................................................... 6 2.3 Meaning of Idiom ................................................................................. 7 2.4 Lyric ..................................................................................................... 8 2.5 Song ..................................................................................................... 8 2.6 A Biodata of Miley Cyrus .................................................................... 9 III. FINDING AND DESCRIPTION ..................................................... 3.1 Phrasal Verb Idioms ............................................................................. 10 3.2 Phrasal Compound Idioms ................................................................... 14 3.3 Tournure Idioms ................................................................................... 21 vii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA IV. CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION ............................................ 4.1 Conclusion............................................................................................ 27 4.2 Suggestion ............................................................................................ 28 BIBLIOGRAPHY .......................................................................................... APPENDIX ..................................................................................................... Singer Biography ............................................................................................. Lyrics................................................................................................................ viii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Language is part of culture used by humans as a tool of communication between one and another in oral or written form and signs. We use language as a tool to express ideas, feelings and to build relationship with other people. According to Guralnik (1996:15), language is used to express or Guralnik communicate thoughts and feelings, and it is a system of combination of vocal sounds to convey meaning as language has some units and structure. Language can be divided into two functions; there are common function and special function. Language as common function is an instrument to show the expression, communication, integration, and social adaption. Nowadays, English has become one of the biggest popular languages in the world. English has many ways to express an idea. One of them by using idiomatic expression. According to Campoy (1995:44), Idiomatic expression is a phrase or a sentence that is generally fixed and