An Analysis of Figurative Language in the Corrs Album “Talk on Corners”
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AN ANALYSIS OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN THE CORRS ALBUM “TALK ON CORNERS” Dewi Wulan Sari Gunadarma University, [email protected] ABSTRACT Figurative language is one of the linguistic devices that are used in the writing or speech to make language more beautiful, impactful, and interesting. The researcher chooses this topic because figurative language is very unique and tricky compared to the literal language. The problems of this research are What are the figurative languages found in Talk on Corners Album by The Corrs? and What is the most dominant figurative language found in Talk on Corners Album by The Corrs?. This research has two aims, they are to find out the figurative language found in Talk on Corners Album by The Corrs and to find out the most dominant figurative language found in Talk on Corners Album by The Corrs. Qualitative method is used in this research. Perrine theory about figurative language is use to analyzed the data that were taken from Talk on Corners Album by The Corrs. The results show that 44 data were found. Out of 44 data, 13 (29,5 %) are metaphor, 2 (4,5 %) are simile, 7 (16,0 %) are personification, 3 (6,8 %) are paradox, 1 (2,3 %) are symbol, 10 (22,7 %) are into allegory, and 8 (18,2 %) are hyperbole. The most dominant figurative language found is metaphor. Keywords: Figurative language, lyric, song INTRODUCTION figurative languages make the lyric Literature is the works of art more beautiful and meaningful. The that is valued by many people. existent of figurative language in the Literature can be the form of, novel, lyric also confirm that lyric is a part of poetry, poems, play, and lyric. literature. Nowadays, more and more people are Figurative language is one of enjoying literature. As one of the the linguistic devices that are used in literature products, songs are very the writing or speech to make language popular and liked by many people in more beautiful, impactful, and the various age groups. Song is interesting. Figurative language is very combination between lyric and music different with the literal language and performed by human voice. With because the meaning behind the the help of technology that continues to figurative language itself cannot be grow, now people can listen to songs interpreted literally. This is in line with with ease anytime and anywhere. Perrine (1978 as citied in Fitria, 2018, p Songwriters sometimes write 71), “figurative language often provides song’s lyric based on their feelings or a more effective means saying what we the circumstances around them. mean than does directly”. Figurative Sometimes, songwriters add elements language is often used to compare of figurative language to convey what is people with other subject, to exaggerate in their imagination, to make the lyric a situation, and to express something by more dramatic and to draw people’s using symbols. Figurative language has attention. Somehow, the figurative various types such as simile, metaphor, languages make the lyric more personification, hyperbole, symbol, and interesting and enjoyable. Besides, metonymy. UG JURNAL VOL.15 Edisi 06 Juni 2021 31 Many famous singers often use paradox, symbol, allegory, hyperbole, figurative language in their songs. One apostrophe, understatement, verbal of them is The Corrs. The Corrs is a irony”. band that consists of 4 Irish siblings. They come from Ireland and their name Metaphor are Andrea, Sharon, Caroline, and Jim. Holman in Cameron (2003 as On 17 October 1997, they released their citied in Fitria, 2018, p. 71) states that, second studio album, Talk on Corners. “Metaphor is not just a surface The album is released by ornamentation of language but a 143, Lava and Atlantic Records. The phenomenon of human thought Corrs’s second album is very popular in processes, then metaphor in real word many countries, including Ireland, language becomes an investigative Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Australia, focus. The metaphor makes a New Zealand and Japan. qualitative leap from a reasonable, This research analyzes the perhaps prosaic comparison, to an figurative language in The Corrs second identification or fusion of two objects, studio album, Talk on Corners. The to make one new entity partaking of the researcher interested to do a research in characteristics of both. It compares two this topic because figurative language is things without uses comparative words a special and important aspect in such as like, as, than, similar to or writing a poem, poetry, as well as lyric, resembles”. so that they can be more attractive and A comparison in metaphor is impactful. The researcher chooses this made without using the comparison album because that is one of the famous words such as like, as, similar to, and albums from The Corrs that gains a lot resemble. The metaphor is a way to say of attention internationally. that two compared things are identical Chaer (1995 as citied in Rabiah, 2012, in comparison, not just similar. The p. 2), “mentions the characteristics that most famous metaphor in literature can constitute the essence of language as a be taken in Romeo and Juliet, which is symbol of the sound system, are “what light through yonder window arbitrary, productive, dynamic, diverse, breaks? It is the East, and Juliet, the and humane”. Language is used by sun!” retrieved from people in order to communicate on each https://literarydevices.net/ metaphor/. other. All countries have their own In the example Juliet is compared with language, but they still have the same the sun. The readers know that Juliet is meaning and purpose. not the sun, but Rome equate Juliet According to Perrine (1969 as with the sun. citied in Diah Ayuningsih, 2015, p. 6), “figurative language is another way of Simile adding extra dimension to a language”. Shaw (1972 as citied in Fitria, Because of the extra dimensions added, 2018, p. 72) explained that “the figurative language does not have the common heritage of similes in everyday literal meaning. So that, lack of speech usually reflects simple knowledge and understanding about comparison based on the natural world figurative language may lead to great or familiar domestic object. The words misunderstanding. Based on Perrine’s like and as are the comparison words theories (1969, ascitied in Diah which are commonly used”. Simile is Ayuningsih, 2015, pp 7-9) “the types of figurative language that compare figurative language are metaphor, different objects or concepts. The simile, personification, synecdoche, comparison in simile is made as explicit 32 UG JURNAL VOL.15 Edisi 06 Juni 2021 as possible by adding the words like, as, apparent absurdity”. Paradox is used to similar, resemble. The example of make a statement that seems simile is as Bruce Lee said, love is like contradictory but somehow true in fact. a friendship caught on fire. In the The example of paradox can be seen example, love is compared with from a saying in one of Disney movie, friendship caught on fire which are the Incredibles, that is “if everyone is dissimilar one to another. special, no one is”. Personification Symbol According to Abrams (1999 as Symbol is also known as citied in Syafitri and Marlinton, 2018, symbolism. Based on Abrams (1999 as p. 46), “personification, in which either citied in Syafitri and Marlinton, 2018, an inanimate object or an abstract p. 48), “symbolism is applied only to a concept is spoken of as though it were word or phrase that signifies an object endowed with life or with human or event which in its turn signifies attributes or feelings”. Personification something, or has a range of reference, is done by giving the human’s attribute beyond itself”. Symbol in figurative to the non-human. This kind of language refers to the use of symbol in figurative language allows a speaker or the literary work. A word or phrase may writer to give life to the non-human be a symbol that represent something object by giving them human’s else besides its original meaning. The behavior or emotions. So that, it shows symbol may create and evoke the that as if they can act like human beings. readers or listeners’ imagery and The personification can be seen in the emotional responses. The example of example which is “my heart danced symbol is, “The man looks angry and when he walked into the room”. writes the letter with red ink”. Red ink in the example shows an anger. Synecdoche Lakoff (1980 as citied in Allegory Armuzad, 2017, p. 14) said that As Perrine stated (2000 as citied “synecdoche is a part of something that in Putra & Puspitasari, 2020, p. 306), represents the whole or it may use a “allegory is a narrative or description whole to represent a part. The entity that has a second meaning beneath the referred to as a container of constituents surface”. An allegory may be words, and one of these constituents is used to phrases, that have deep meaning represent the entire entity as a whole”. besides its surface meaning. To In a line with the definition above, interpret this figurative language, the synecdoche allows a smaller part of reader must direct a message beyond something to represent the lager whole, another message. Fabel is known as the in rhetorical manner. Synecdoche can example of allegory. Fabel is a also work in the opposite direction. The narrative that provides a narrative example of synecdoche is “I have not lessons and values. seen your nose for years”. Hyperbole / Overstatement Paradox According to Abrams (1999 as Shaw (1972 as citied in Fitria, citied in Syafitri and Marlinton, 2018, 2018, p. 72) stated that “the reader must p.47), ”hyperbole is bold overstatement, probe beyond the literal meaning to find or the extravagant exaggeration of fact a deeper; usually more philosophical or of possibility.