An Analysis of Figurative Language Used in Daniel Caesar Debut Album Entitled “Freudian”

AN ANALYSIS OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE USED IN DANIEL CAESAR DEBUT ALBUM ENTITLED “FREUDIAN”

THESIS

By:

KHARISMA MAYA SARI

201610100311070

ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

2019

AN ANALYSIS OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE USED IN DANIEL CAESAR DEBUT ALBUM ENTITLED “FREUDIAN”

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

By:

KHARISMA MAYA SARI

201610100311070

ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

2019

MOTTO AND DEDICATION

“Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do”

-Bruce Lee

This thesis is dedicated to:

1. My beloved parents, Sayekti Hariani and Suroso for endless love, prayer,

and support.

2. My beloved sister, Riski Kinanti for support and always help me in anytime.

3. My best friends, Tomi Hidayatullah, Intan Nurhayati, Sabith Ali, Anggi

Syakina, Siti Farah, Siti Nurhidayah for support and togetherness during

conducting this thesis. Love you all.

4. All of my friends from English Department University of Muhammadiyah

Malang that could not be mentioned one by one for being my friends during

studying in University of Muhammadiyah Malang.

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AN ANALYSIS OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE USED IN DANIEL CAESAR’S DEBUT ALBUM ENTITLED FREUDIAN

ABSTRACT

The language in the song lyrics is more powerful, beautiful, and meaningful than daily language. One of the things can make the song lyric so powerful, beautiful, and meaningful is figure of speech, they can be used in song lyrics to express the thought and felling to sing and hear. This research discusses about an analysis of figurative language in Daniel Caesar’s debut album entitled Freudian. This album consists of ten songs. The purpose of this research is to find the types of figurative language used and kinds of meaning which the narrator wants to convey in Daniel Caesar’s song lyrics. This research design is descriptive qualitative research. The data of the research is type of figurative language used in the song lyrics, and for the data source it is taken from all the song lyrics of Freudian album by Daniel Caesar. The result of this research shows that the total number of types of figurative language used in Daniel Caesar’s debut album entitled Freudian are 51 (fifty-one) types of figurative language. The dominant type of figurative language used is symbol, there are totally 21 (twenty-one) data. For hyperbole there are 9 (nine) data, 11 (eleven) data for metaphor, 4 (four) data for antithesis, 4 (four) data for simile. One datum for synecdoche, and one datum for allusion. In this research the narrator used two kinds of meaning the dominant is connotation meaning. There are 30 (thirty) data for connotation meaning and 19 (nine-teen) data for conceptual meaning. Keyword: figurative language, meaning, song lyric

Advisor 1 The Researcher

Dr. Masduki, M.Pd. Kharisma Maya sari

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

All praises be to Allah subhanalahta’ala, The Almighty, who has given me the strength, health and the opportunity in writing this thesis. Peace and salutation are also presented to our Prophet Muhammad shallallahu’alaihiwassalam who has struggled whole-heartedly to deliver the truth to human being and guide his human to the right way.

This thesis entitled An Analysis of Figurative Language Used In Daniel

Caesar’s Debut Album Entitled Freudian is intended to fulfill the requirement in achieving Sarjana Degree of English Language Education Department, Faculty of

Teacher Training and Education, University of Muhammadiyah Malang.

The researcher would like to express her warmest and deepest gratitude to

Dr. Masduki, M.Pd. the first advisor, Laela Hikmah, S.Pd., M.A., M.EdLead. as second advisor, and all the lecturers and staffs of the English Education Department in University of Muhammadiyah Malang for the facilities, services and advices they have contributed to enable the researcher to finish this research.

And the last but not least, thanks to her parents that always support and give everything that the researcher need, thanks to her sister Riski Kinanti for her support, always standby, and help the researcher at any situations.

Wishfully, this study is meaningful and useful for a lot. Critism and suggestions are welcome and appreciated.

The Researcher

TABLE OF CONTENT Approval ...... i Mottos and Dedications ...... ii Letter of Authencity ...... iii Abstract ...... iv Acknowledgement ...... v CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION ...... 1 1.1 Research Background ...... 1 1.2 Research Problems ...... 4 1.3 Research Objectives ...... 4 1.4 Scope and Limitation ...... 4 1.5 Research Significance ...... 5 1.6 Definition of Key Terms ...... 5 CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE ...... 7 2.1 Literature ...... 7 2.1.1 Literature Genres ...... 8 2.2 Figurative Language ...... 10 2.2.1 Kinds of Figurative Language ...... 10 2.3 Song ...... 18 2.4 Lyric ...... 19 2.5 Meaning ...... 20 CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD ...... 24 3.1 Research Design ...... 24 3.2 Research Object ...... 25 3.3 Research Approach ...... 25 3.4 Data Collection ...... 27 3.5 Data Analysis ...... 27 CHAPTER IV FINDING AND DISCUSSION ...... 29 4.1 Research Findings ...... 29 4.1.1 Kinds of Figurative Language ...... 29 4.1.2 Meaning of Figurative Language ...... 41

4.2 Discussion ...... 46 CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION ...... 51 5.1 Conclusion ...... 51 5.2 Suggestion ...... 52 REFERENCE ...... 54 APPENDICES ...... 59

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LIST OF TABLES

Table 3.1 Data Tabulation of Figurative Language ...... 26 Table 4.1.1.1 Data Tabulation of Figurative Language type hyperbole ...... 30 Table 4.1.1.2 Data Tabulation of Figurative Language type antithesis ...... 32 Table 4.1.1.3 Data Tabulation of Figurative Language type simile ...... 34 Table 4.1.1.4 Data Tabulation of Figurative Language type symbol ...... 36 Table 4.1.1.5 Data Tabulation of Figurative Language type metaphor ...... 38 Table 4.1.1.6 Data Tabulation of Figurative Language type synecdoche ...... 40 Table 4.1.1.7 Data Tabulation of Figurative Language type allusion...... 41 Table 4.1.1.2 Data Tabulation of Meaning type Conceptual ...... 42 Table 4.1.1.2 Data Tabulation of Meaning type Connotative...... 44

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LIST OF APPENDICES Appendix 1 Get You ...... 59 Appendix 2 Best Part ...... 60 Appendix 3 Hold Me Down ...... 62 Appendix 4 Neu Roses (Transgressor’s Song) ...... 64 Appendix 5 Loose ...... 65 Appendix 6 We Find Love ...... 66 Appendix 7 Blessed ...... 68 Appendix 8 Take Me Away ...... 69 Appendix 9 Transform ...... 71 Appendix 10 Freudian ...... 73

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