A SEMANTIC ANALYSIS ON ED SHEERAN SONGS Ika Trisnantasari, M. Pd [email protected] ABSTRACT Semantic is the branches of linguistics. This branch is the important one, and there are lexical meaning and contextual meaning. By listening to the songs, we can get knowledge about appreciates literature and the background of the song. Therefore, the researcher was interested in analyzing the kinds of meaning used in Ed Sheeran songs. The researcher dedicated to give the title of this research “Semantic Analysis on Ed Sheeran Songs”. The problem of this study is: (1) what are the lexical meanings in the Ed Sheeran Songs? (2) What are the contextual meaning in the Ed Sheeran Songs. The researcher takes five songs from different album. This study used a descriptive qualitative method because the researcher would analysis and interpret the research object of Ed Sheeran Songs. The step to obtain the data is by collecting sources of the data from Ed sheeran Songs and from internet. After that she selects the songs which contain of semantic, reads and listens to the lyrics to understand the content of the songs conducts and analyzes the collected data and makes conclusion.The result of this research is as follows: (1) related to the lexical meaning, while (2) related to the contextual meaning. The researcher expects this research will be useful for the other researchers who are eager to know more about semantics. Moreover, semantic is an important branch of linguistics that is interesting to be studied, especially when it is applied to literary works, such us songs or poem etc. Key Words: Semantic, song, lexical meaning, contextual meaning, Ed Sheeran, word. Introduction research. First of all, this song tells In this research, the researcher about love story. And then, the chooses literary works like songs. Song researcher takes five songs in different is any poem even there is an attention album. The five songs are about love of it being set to music. In this story that have same story with the research, the researcher chooses the researcher in the daily fact. This love literary problem about song. It was “Ed story is introducting for the reader and Sheeran” Song. The study was limited listener that if we wants to make a good on lexical meanings and contextual relation with our partner, we must to be meanings. know about all of the physical, The researcher chosen “Ed characteristic, and about inherit of Sheeran” song because her song is very family. Besides this song give a lexical interesting to examine and research in meaning and contextual meaning and more detail. Beside that, the researcher than gave a massage for someone who have a some reason to be analysis this loves their partner until the end of life. 1 This songs is very quite to be Sheeran” songs for reader. heard. Ed Sheeran also writing and produced song for international singer Significance of The Study like justin beiber, Raihana, Taylor This study provides several Swift ect, and have been always hits in significant contributions to the reader the billboard hot 100.Ed Sheeran is an that can be enjoyed with the song. English male singers, he was born on Especially, in knowing about the February 17, 1991 with the full name lexical meaning and contextual of Edward Christopher Sheeran. He meaning are used in the lyrics ofEd became one of the singer-songwriter Sheeran songs. successful British global today. The genre is pop music he is playing. In the Scope and Limitation world of music, Ed Sheeran career In this research, the researcher arguably still very short. He started his focuses and analyzes on five lyrics of debut album in 2011, and has released “Ed Sheeran” songs in different album. three studio albums. Uniquely, he The titles of the song are named the album their corresponding “Shape of you”,”How Would You mathematical symbols, ie “+” (plus Feel”,“Thinking Out Loud ”, sign) and “X” (the time) “-:-“ (devide). “Photograph ”, “Give Me Love ”, Although still relatively young, but the career Ed Sheeran able to climb Research Design quickly. Here the researcher will In this research, the researcher used present the full profile and biography. descriptive qualitative. The qualitative method was a research procedure Statement of Problem which result in descriptive data There is problems that the including written and oral word from researcher wants to answer in this the research objectives whether it is research. This is the problem about a from society or books. The researcher semantic analysis on Ed Sheeran Song. studied lexical meaning and contextual The writer divided the problem into meaning. Unfortunately, it describes two questions, they are: 1. What are the lexical meanings the data in the form of words and uses in the lyrics of Ed Sheeran the text of the lyrics to be analyzed. songs? Therefore, this research was descriptive 2. What are the contextual qualitative because it depends very meanings in the lyrics of Ed much on narrative descriptive. Sheeran songs? Qualitative approach took because this research was in discussing. Objective of the Study 1. To explain the lexical meanings in the lyrics of “Ed Data Collection Sheeran”songs for reader. The researcher collected the 2. To explain the contextual data in following step. First, the meanings in the lyrics of “Ed researcher reading all the data sources. 2 perfection. The Second, selected the appropriate songs girl is really into him too. 2 “Crazy” S2 and L4 affected with in the lyrics “Ed Sheeran” songs. Next, Its mean that, madness or someone made insanity, or chooses five lyrics covered in the song. himself someone pictured by his deranged and words The last, the data to be arranged possibly dangerous systematically in accordance with the 3 “Grab” S2 and L6 ” to take hold of feeling deep in something or heart for researchfocuses. To arrange the data, someone somebody and suddenly and he want to roughly something like the researcher defined about the lexical women and you can get it meaning, and the second explained comfortable resting place about contextual meaning. that near him. 4 “Magnet” S3 and L2 the loadstone; a when we feel species of iron that attraction ore (the in our heart, we ferrosoferric or feel it as a kind Research Findings magnetic ore, of love and Fe3O4) which love always In this analysis, the researcher has the property wants to bring of attracting iron us closer to used one word to explain contain of the and some of its what we love. ores, and, when term in “Ed Sheeran” lyrics. Term here freely suspended, of pointing to the were word or combination of word poles; (physics) a device that which are used by “Ed Sheeran” lyrics attracts iron and produces a in her lyrics to show he feeling to her magnetic field 5 “Handmade” S2 and L2 one production professes his objects have love for this boyfriends to show he feeling or love, been made by girl. They may someone using have met a there are many term that have their handsor short time ago, using tools rather but they have difference meanings lexically and than by hit it off. He machines thinks she was made for him- contextually. This research has a clue just the right amount of for to be know about one word and the beauty and crazy and body other word that wants to analyze. For perfection. The girl is really example, the researcher give a clue for into him too. the first stanza was S1. And then, for about line in the stanza, the researcher How Would You Feel give a clue for the first line was L1. The second data is “How would you And then, for the next word continued feel” by “Ed Sheeran” lyrics in for this clue. So, the reader not “Devide” (2017) album. STANZA NO WORDS LEXICAL CONTEXTUAL confused to read this research. & LINE 1 “True” S1 and consistent with is made. (Its mean L2 fact or reality; that, she has Shape Of You not false; "the poisoned his story is mind.) The first data were “shape of you” by true";"the true meaning of the “Ed Sheeran” lyrics in “Devide (÷)” statement" (2017) album. 2 “Younger S1 and a used of the the lover is one STANZA ” L2 younger of two who is celebrating NO WORDS LEXICAL CONTEXTUAL & LINE persons of the existence. The celebration is the 1 “Handmade” S2 and L2 one production professes his same name pleasure that is the objects have love for this especially used been made by girl. 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