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Form and Meaning of the Idiomatic Expressions Found in the Movie Script Of FORM AND MEANING OF THE IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS FOUND IN THE MOVIE SCRIPT OF DIARY OF A WIMPY KID a final project submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Sarjana Pendidikan in English by Fitria Awaliyah 2201414082 ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FACULTY OF LANGUAGES AND ARTS UNIVERSITAS NEGERI SEMARANG 2019 i ii DECLARATION OF ORIGINALITY I, Fitria Awaliyah, hereby declare that this final project entitled Form and Meaning of the Idiomatic Expressions Found in the Movie Script of Diary of a Wimpy Kid is my own work and has not been submitted in any form for another degree or diploma at any university or other institutes of tertiary education. Information derived from published and unpublished work of others has been acknowledged in the text and a list of references is given in the references. Semarang, August 9th 2019 Fitria Awaliyah NIM 2201414082 iii MOTTOS For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease. Indeed with hardship [will be] ease. So when you have finished [your duties] then stand up [for worship]. And to your Lord direct [your] longing. (Q.S. Al-Insyirah: 5-8) Allah does not burden a soul beyond that it can bear. (Q.S. Al-Baqarah: 286) To my own self, my support systems (mother and father), Universitas Negeri Semarang, and those who still struggle to graduate, never give up! iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious and the Most Merciful. Alhamdulillah, All praises to Allah God Almighty for every blessing, chance, and ease given to me in finishing this final project. My deepest gratitude and appreciation are to my advisor, Intan Permata Hapsari, S. Pd., M. Pd. for her patience, guidance and time during my consultations for this final project. My deepest gratitude are also addressed to Prof. Dr. Muhammad Jazuli, M.Hum. and Dr. Rudi Hartono, S.S., M.Pd. as the chairman and the secretary of the examination, as well as the board of examiners, Dra. Sri Suprapti, M.Pd. as the first examiner and Alief Noor Farida, S.Pd., M.Pd. as the second examiner who has examined my final project, given criticisms, comments, and supporting advice for the improvement of this study. I would like to express my gratitude to the Dean of Language and Arts Faculty and all lecturers of the English Department of UNNES who have given beneficial and priceless knowledge to me during my study in UNNES. Special thanks to my beloved family (Mama Kariyah and Bapak Karsono) for their endless affections, supports, and prayers. Also biggest thanks for my second family at Ungu boarding house, Indra Kila boarding house, LINGUABASE, OBSESI, PPL, KKN, and all my friends in English Department of UNNES, for all precious moments we spent together during my study in college. Finally, I would like to express my thankfulness for all the readers of this final project. I am looking forward to the suggestions and criticisms for the better of this final project. Semarang, August 9th 2019 Fitria Awaliyah v ABSTRACT Awaliyah, Fitria. 2019. Form and Meaning of the Idiomatic Expressions Found in the Movie Script of Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Final Project. English Education. Faculty of Languages and Arts. Universitas Negeri Semarang. Advisor: Intan Permata Hapsari, S.Pd., M.Pd. Keywords: Idiomatic expression, meaning, form Learning idioms is important but their meanings are elusive and cannot be translated literally. It makes sense that most of foreign students, especially Indonesian students, surely deal with difficulties in learning English idioms. A movie can be a resource of idioms since it has abundance of idiom utterances. Learning trough movie also helps students to understand idioms in a right context. Diary of a Wimpy Kid is a movie intended for teenagers contains everyday language conversations. Based on those reasons, this topic was chosen. This study aimed at finding (1) form categories of idiomatic expressions in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie script; and, (2) the meaning types of each idiomatic expression in Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie script. According to the aim of this study, this study employed a descriptive-qualitative method. This study tried to figure out the research questions by conducting some procedures such as collecting the data, categorizing the data, and concluding the findings. The objects of the study were all the idiomatic expressions found in Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie script adapted from a novel with the same title Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney. The data were the phrases or words found in the movie script. The data obtained were categorized into meaning types and form categories. The form category was according to the formation of the idiom that referred to Adelnia & Dastjerdi’s theory (2011). The meaning type was based on the meaning of the idiom that used Fernando’s theory (1996). The total of the idioms found in the movie script was 132 idioms. In form categories, there were 22 colloquialisms (17%), 9 proverbs (7%), 22 slangs (17%), 2 allusions (1%), and 77 phrasal verbs (58%). In meaning types, there were 83 pure idioms (63%) and 49 semi idioms (37%). Based on the five form categories, the most frequently used idiom was phrasal verb, followed by colloquialism, slang, proverb, and allusion. Meanwhile, in meaning idiom types, the most dominant idiom was pure idiom followed by semi idiom. vi TABLE OF CONTENTS APPROVAL ........................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined. DECLARATION OF ORIGINALITY .................................................................. iii MOTTO ................................................................................................................. iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ....................................................................................... v ABSTRACT ........................................................................................................... vi TABLE OF CONTENTS ...................................................................................... vii CHAPTER I ............................................................................................................. 1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Background of the Study ................................................................................ 1 1.2 Reasons for Choosing the Topic ..................................................................... 5 1.3 Research Problems.......................................................................................... 6 1.4 Purposes of the Study ..................................................................................... 6 1.5 Significance of the Study ................................................................................ 6 1.6 Outline of the Study ........................................................................................ 7 CHAPTER II ............................................................................................................ 8 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE ............................................................... 8 2.1 Review of Previous Studies ............................................................................ 8 2.2 Review of Theoretical Studies ...................................................................... 11 2.2.1 Definition of Idiom ......................................................................... 12 2.2.2 Characteristic of Idiom .................................................................... 15 2.2.3 Kinds of Idiom ................................................................................ 18 2.2.4 The Interpretation of Idiom ............................................................. 26 2.2.5 Definition of Movie......................................................................... 28 2.2.6 Elements of Movie .......................................................................... 29 2.2.7 Genres of Movie .............................................................................. 39 2.2.8 Definition of Movie Script .............................................................. 42 2.3 Theoretical Framework ................................................................................. 43 CHAPTER III ........................................................................................................ 44 METHODS OF INVESTIGATION ...................................................................... 44 3.1 Research Design ........................................................................................... 44 3.2 Object of the Study ....................................................................................... 45 3.2.1 Author’s Biography ......................................................................... 45 vii 3.2.2 The Director’s Biography ............................................................... 47 3.2.3 The Plot of Diary of a Wimpy Kid ................................................. 48 3.3 Role of Researcher ........................................................................................ 50 3.4 Methods of Collecting Data .......................................................................... 50 3.5 Methods of Categorizing Data ...................................................................... 52 CHAPTER IV ........................................................................................................ 54 THE IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS ...................................................................... 54 FOUND IN DIARY OF A WIMPY KID MOVIE SCRIPT ................................
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