Language Style Seen from Figurative Language Perspective in Taylor Swift’S Red Album
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PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI LANGUAGE STYLE SEEN FROM FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE PERSPECTIVE IN TAYLOR SWIFT’S RED ALBUM AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra in English Letters By NABILA WAHYUNINGTYAS Student Number: 154214117 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LETTERS FACULTY OF LETTERS UNIVERSITAS SANATA DHARMA YOGYAKARTA 2019 PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI LANGUAGE STYLE SEEN FROM FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE PERSPECTIVE IN TAYLOR SWIFT’S RED ALBUM AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS Presented as Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra in English Letters By Nabila Wahyuningtyas Student Number: 154214117 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LETTERS FACULTY OF LETTERS UNIVERSITAS SANATA DHARMA YOGYAKARTA 2019 ii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI Just because there’s a hurricane going on around you, Doesn’t mean you have to open the window and look at it (Taylor Swift) vii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI For MY life supporters that HAVE NEVER BEEN OUT OF STYLE _ _ _ _ viii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Alhamdulillah, I was blessed with so much encouragement from so many people to finish my study. First of all, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to my thesis advisor, Arina Isti’anah S.Pd., M.Hum who provided me with continuous, pertinent and much input as well as support to help me decide the path for my educational journey at Sanata Dharma University. I thank her for her guidance, wisdom, and patience throughout the whole period of this research. I would like to also thank my co- advisor, Wedhowerti S.Pd., M.Hum for putting valuable inputs for my thesis. Furthermore, I would like to be thankful for my great lecturer who has never forgotten to support me no matter how high and how low I was in the life phase, Harris Hermansyah Setiajid, M. Hum. My special thanks goes to my precious mama, Yuyun Yulia, Ph.D, my life advisor for the never ending support and prayers, also goes to my papa, Ir. Bambang Wahyudi and my brother Logan Wahyu Fauzan who own my endless love. I am also blessed that I am surrounded by amazing friends that I could not mention one by one in 2015 batch. My sincere appreciation goes for their encouragement and support to finish my study. Last but not least, I would especially like to thank my significant other, who is impatiently waiting for me to finish this study. I thank him for being my living diary, my support system throughout my whole process. Nabila Wahyuningtyas ix PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE PAGE ............................................................................................................................. ii APPROVAL PAGE ................................................................................................................iii ACCPETANCE PAGE .........................................................................................................iv STATEMENT OF ORIGINALITY .................................................................................. v LEMBAR PERNYATAAN PERSETUJUAN PUBLIKASI KARYA ILMIAH ............................................................................................vi MOTTO PAGE ...................................................................................................................... vii DEDICATION PAGE ........................................................................................................ viii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .................................................................................................ix TABLE OF CONTENTS .....................................................................................................ix LIST OF TABLES ................................................................................................................ xii ABSTRACT ............................................................................................................................ xiii ABSTRAK ................................................................................................................................ xiv CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................... 1 A. Background of the Study ............................................................................................ 1 B. Problem Formulation ................................................................................................... 3 C. Objectives of the Study ............................................................................................... 3 D. Definition of Terms ..................................................................................................... 4 CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF LITERATURE .............................................................. 5 A. Review of Related Studies ......................................................................................... 5 B. Review of Related Theories ...................................................................................... 8 1. Stylistics ................................................................................................................... 8 2. Semantics ............................................................................................................... 10 3. Figurative Language ........................................................................................... 12 a. Simile ............................................................................................................... 12 b. Metaphor ......................................................................................................... 13 c. Personification ............................................................................................... 13 d. Metonymy ....................................................................................................... 14 e. Apostrophe ..................................................................................................... 14 f. Synecdoche..................................................................................................... 15 g. Symbol ............................................................................................................. 15 h. Allegory ........................................................................................................... 15 i. Paradox ............................................................................................................ 15 j. Hyperbole ....................................................................................................... 16 k. Understatement ............................................................................................. 16 l. Irony ................................................................................................................. 17 4. Female Language Style ...................................................................................... 17 C. Theoretical Framework ............................................................................................. 18 x PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI CHAPTER III: METHODOLOGY ............................................................................... 20 A. Object of the Study .................................................................................................... 20 B. Approach of the Study............................................................................................... 21 C. Method of the Study .................................................................................................. 22 1. Data Collection ..................................................................................................... 22 2. Data Analysis ........................................................................................................ 22 CHAPTER IV: ANALYSIS RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS ............................ 25 A. The Figurative Language Types Found in Song Lyrics .................................. 25 1. Simile ..................................................................................................................... 27 2. Metaphor ............................................................................................................... 30 3. Hyperbole ............................................................................................................. 33 4. Symbol ................................................................................................................... 35 5. Paradox .................................................................................................................. 36 6. Irony ....................................................................................................................... 38 7. Personification ..................................................................................................... 38 8. Metonymy ............................................................................................................. 41 9. Understatement ................................................................................................... 42 B. The Language Style of Taylor Swift ..................................................................... 43 1. Comparative .........................................................................................................