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An Analysis of Idiomatic Expression Found in Adele's AN ANALYSIS OF IDIOMATIC EXPRESSION FOUND IN ADELE’S LYRICS SONG Anastasia Ema Gunawan 1), Eripuddin 2) [email protected], [email protected] English, University of Pasir Pengaraian ABSTRACT The purpose of the research was to find out the idiomatic expression and to find out the contextual meaning of idiom expression which are used in Adele’s lyrics song. The technique of analyzing the data the researcher used descriptive qualitative. Qualitative research referred to the meaning, concepts, definitions, symbols and description of the things. There are 56 idiomatic expression found in 3 types of idiom those are Phrasal verb idiom, Tournure idiom and Irreversible Binomial idiom. Whereas another idiom could not be found by the researcher during the analysis. This research found the menaing of idiom expression moast as a contextual meaning. The researcher hopes that’s this thesis will be useful for both theoretical and practical source in learning how to translate English Idiom and also for those who conduct further study about analysis of idiomatic expression. Keywords : Idiom Expression, Types Idiom, Adele’s Lyrics Song INTRODUCTION language. It has very crucial role Language, today, has become a inside community. That is why people social commodity inside communities. the learning language as one of Language is just as important in their abilities to survive. Without building human connections either language, we cannot express the ideas, written or orally. It roles as intimate oponions, thought and feeling simply part of social identity and also forms and need more time to explain by the basic of how users identity with medium non language. It has a very each other. Without language, we crucial role inside community. That is cannot express the ideas, opinions, why people then learning language as thought and feeling simply and need one of their abilites to survive. Without more time to explain by medium non language, people will have a much 84| Journal of English Education Vol. 5 No. 2 December 2019 P-ISSN: 2459-9719, E-ISSN 2597-7091 An Analysis of Idiomatic Expression Found … more boundaries to communicate each This research proposal guided other. though following major questions: There are thousands languages 1. What types of idiom are found spread around the world wether just few in of them that is used worldwide. Adele’s song lyrics ? According to figures from UNESCO, 2. What meaning of idioms are the world’s \most widely spoken found in language are: Mandarin Chinese, Adele’s song lyrics ? English, Spanish, Hindi, Arabic, Bengali, Russian, Portuguese, Japanese, REVIEW OF THE RELATED German and French. THEORIES But, english considerably is used by most of people in the world as means of The researcher has seen many communication. Lately, cause of the phrasal verbs are idiomatic, in their effect of globalizations, the meaning are not easily unpacked from information moves and changes very their components parts. Ammer in fast and now. Suliman (1997, p.iii) noted that Moreover, as a global language “An idiom is a set phrase of two people use English in order to make or more words that means something relationship among people in different different from the literal meaning of the countries around the world. And individual words. For instance, the without a doubt or overestimating, phrase to change one’s tune has english is a “Key of Communication”. nothing to do with music but means to Based on the background above the alter one’s attitude.’ Similarly to hit the researcher is interested in studying nail on the head often has nothing to do idiomatic expression because quite a with carpentry but means simply to be listener do not know about idiomatic absolutely right”. expression itself and there are more new More typically, idiom are formed idiomatic expression that couldbe from collocation, and vary from being analyzed in Adele’s lyric song. Adele both very fixed and very idiomatic is one of the pupular singers (smell a rat; the coast is clear) to nowadays that is inspiring the being both less fixed and less idiomatic researcher to conduct this research. It is (explode a myth/theory; run a the reason why reasearcher chooses business/theatre). Idioms present research tittle “An Analysis of problems in both understanding and in Idiomatic Expression Found in production. They are difficult to Adele’s lyrics understand because they are not easily song”. in packed, and they are difficult to According to the setting of the produce because they are not easily problem above, the researcher limit her unpacked, and they sound more comical research in analysis of the idiomatic then an even slightly muddled idiom expression on the Adele’s lyric song. (e.g. I don’t want t blow my own horn, Journal of English Education Vol. 5 No. 2 December 2019 | 85 P-ISSN: 2459-9719, E-ISSN 2597-7091 Anastasia Ema Gunawan , Eripuddin , Andri Donal instead of I don’t want to blow my own the word “idiom” which are stated in trumpet). Moreover, many idioms have the books and a very narrow register range, being used Internet. Idiom is combination of only in a certain context and for certain words that seems perfectly natural to effects. the native speakers or a language All languages in the world have but seems old or unfamiliar to other phrases that cannot be understood people. Cyssco in suryanata (2000:i), literally. These phrases actually can be idiom is an expression, consist of the way of expressing what they feel words, but the meaning cannot be that may be cannot be defined in their defined from the words that perform it. own words and sometimes need more It means idiom must be seen from than word to explain with. all aspect or context. The term idiom has been Idiom can also be defined as an around since the antiquity and used expression whose meanings cannot be in many situations and in a variety inferred from the meanings of the of senses with more some frequently words those make it up. Lado (2006) in and consistently used that other. It can Suryanata (2012:9) says that idiom is be found in any literatures around the words constructions which construct a world, some of them are in text phrase it cannot be translated literally/ provided in magazines, educational furthermore Dixon (2004:1) explains books, story books, newspaper, even in that an idiom an expression that has a advertisement. Beside, idiom also can meaning that different from the be found in spoken things such as individual meaning of each composed. movies dialogue or song lyrics. Let us As an example is word fall means suppose that we had no idea at all about come or go down freely and behind what the word “idiom” meant and we means at or towards the back of thing started use dictionary as starting point. or person. But fall behind means fail to If we looked for the word idiom” up in keep level with somebody or something. Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, While Rachmadie (1986:15) explain we would find the following definition that idiom is an expression which “A group of words in a fixed order cannot be understood from literal that have a particular meaning that is meanings of the words of which it is different from the meanings of each composed. Idiom sometimes ignores the word on its own.” law of grammar or the law of logic. People use idioms in expressing Considered literally, word of word, their idea because there are no idiom often do not make good sense, alternatives with the same meaning, so but the meaning of the phrase as a the use of the items concerned is whole is perfectly clear. unavoidable if the meanings concerned Idiom is a phrase or expressions with a can be expressed at all. There are many meaning different from the meaning of theories related to individual words. While more states idiom is a communication of words that 86| Journal of English Education Vol. 5 No. 2 December 2019 P-ISSN: 2459-9719, E-ISSN 2597-7091 An Analysis of Idiomatic Expression Found … has a meaning that is different from information about something that only meaning in another situation. It is a known by few people. The writer used phrase which does not always follow descriptive research design because it the normal rules of meaning and gives description of idiom in the grammar. Adele’s lyrics song and then finds the meaning each of them. Ali RESEARCH METHODOLOGY (1985:124) states that descriptive research is applied to solve the current There are many kind of research problem by starting the problem, design in conducting a research. collecting and analyzing the data to Qualitative research means for answer the problem and arrange exploring and understanding the conclusion of the research. meaning individual or groups ascribe to Problem in descriptive research a social or human problem. This are related with real condition or fact. research does not find the statistic or From the statement above, it is clear another counting form such as that descriptive research is applied to biography, history and attitude of solve the current problem and arrange human being. Beside it is also about conclusion of the research. Surakhmad role organization, social movement, and (2004:47) states that a descriptive interrelationship. method talks about some possibilities to This research used descriptive- solving the actual problem by collecting qualitative study. The qualitative data, arranging or classifying data, research referred to the meaning, analyzing and interpreting them. The concepts, definitions, characteristics, researcher used descriptive qualitative metaphors, symbols and description of study design which used throughout things (Berg 1989 in Mariani 2003:45).
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