Figurative Expressions in Song Lyrics by Male and Female Songwriters
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PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI FIGURATIVE EXPRESSIONS IN SONG LYRICS BY MALE AND FEMALE SONGWRITERS AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra in English Letters By AMADEA NANDA LAKSITA Student Number: 134214074 ENGLISH LETTERS STUDY PROGRAM DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LETTERS FACULTY OF LETTERS SANATA DHARMA UNIVERSITY YOGYAKARTA 2017 PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI FIGURATIVE EXPRESSIONS IN SONG LYRICS BY MALE AND FEMALE SONGWRITERS AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra in English Letters By AMADEA NANDA LAKSITA Student Number: 134214074 ENGLISH LETTERS STUDY PROGRAM DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LETTERS FACULTY OF LETTERS SANATA DHARMA UNIVERSITY YOGYAKARTA 2017 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 Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can. 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Amadea Nanda Laksita viii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE PAGE ................................................................................................... ii APPROVAL PAGE ........................................................................................ iii ACCEPTANCE PAGE ................................................................................... iv LEMBAR PERNYATAAN PERSETUJUAN ................................................... v STATEMENT OF ORIGINALITY .............................................................. vi MOTTO PAGE ............................................................................................... vii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .......................................................................... viii TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................ ix LIST OF TABLES ......................................................................................... xi ABSTRACT .................................................................................................... xii ABSTRAK ....................................................................................................... xiii CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION ................................................................... 1 A. Background of the Study .................................................................. 1 B. Problem Formulation ....................................................................... 4 C. Objectives of the Study .................................................................... 4 D. Definition of Terms ........................................................................... 4 CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF LITERATURE ............................................... 6 A. Review of Related Studies ............................................................... 6 B. Review of Related Theories ............................................................. 8 1. Stylistics ........................................................................................ 8 2. Semantics ...................................................................................... 9 3. Figurative Language .................................................................... 10 a. Metaphor ............................................................................... 11 b. Simile .................................................................................... 12 c. Personification ...................................................................... 12 d. Hyperbole .............................................................................. 13 e. Onomatopoeia ....................................................................... 14 f. Idiom ..................................................................................... 14 g. Cliches ................................................................................... 14 4. Gender Language Differences ..................................................... 14 5. Song Lyrics ................................................................................. 15 C. Theoretical Framework .................................................................... 15 CHAPTER III: METHODOLOGY A. Object of the Study .......................................................................... 17 B. Approach of the Study .................................................................... 17 C. Method of the Study ....................................................................... 18 CHAPTER IV: ANALYSIS (RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS) ................ 22 A. The Figurative Expressions Found in the Song Lyrics ................... 22 1. Hyperbole ................................................................................... 23 2. Metaphor ................................................................................... 31 ix PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 3. Simile ......................................................................................... 34 4. Idiom .......................................................................................... 38 5. Personification ........................................................................... 38 B. The Language Style Differences of Male and Female Songwriters .. 45 1. The Style of Male Songwriters .................................................. 43 a. More Simple ........................................................................ 43 b. More Exaggerating ............................................................. 44 2. The Style of Female Songwriters .............................................. 45 a. More Complicated ............................................................... 45 b. More Comparing .................................................................. 46 CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION .................................................................... 46 BIBLIOGRAPHY .......................................................................................... 52 x PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI LIST OF TABLES Table 2.1 .............................................................................................................. 9 Table 3.1 .............................................................................................................. 19 Table 3.2 ............................................................................................................. 20 Table 4.1 ............................................................................................................. 22 Table 4.2 ............................................................................................................. 23 Table 4.3 ............................................................................................................. 32 Table 4.4 ............................................................................................................. 34 Table 4.5 ............................................................................................................. 38 Table 4.6 ............................................................................................................. 39 Table 4.7 ............................................................................................................. 42 xi PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ABSTRACT LAKSITA, AMADEA NANDA. Figurative Expressions in Song Lyrics by Male and Female Songwriters. Yogyakarta: Department of English Letters, Faculty of Letters, Sanata Dharma University, 2017. As people listen to the music through its lyrics, language holds on the important role to convey the meaning of the song. One of the language forms that is used to create the ambience or the feeling of its audience is called figurative language. It carries non-literal meaning which helps the songwriter to convey the meaning of the song. Different songwriters have different styles of language. It leads to what is called by gender language differences which will be analyzed through the use of figurative language in song lyrics by male and female songwriters. The purpose of this study is to see if the