CONTEXTUAL MEANING ON THE IDIOMATIC EXPRESSION IN LA LA LAND MOVIE SCRIPT SKRIPSI Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For Degree of SarjanaPendididkan (S.Pd) English Education Program By: NUR ANGGIA SARI RITONGA NPM: 1402050279 FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN 2018 ABSTRACT Ritonga, Nur Anggia Sari. NPM. 1402050279, “Contextual Meaning on the Idiomatic Expression in the La La Land Movie Script”. Skripsi : English Education Program. Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, University of Muhammadiyah Sumatera Utara. Medan. 2018. Idiomatic expressions was often used by the people when they were communicating. In clarifying the meaning of idiom, the student did not only find the word from the contextual meaning, but also the speaker‟s condition when uttering the message. So, contextual theory was used in analyzing the idiomatic meaning. This research analyzed the contextual meaning on the idiomatic expressions found in La La Land movie script. The researcher attempted to answer two research questions, they were what types of idiom and what contextual meanings of the idiomatic expression are found in La La Land movie script. The researcher applied descriptive qualitative method to analyze all the selected samples in order to classify and interpret them. The finding showed that there were 103 idioms with 6 types of idiomatic expression; 4 times substitute, 21 times proper names, 4 times abbreviation/ clipping, 39 times English phrasal compound, 22 times figure of speech and 13 times slang. There were 42 meaning based on the context (substitute, proper name, abrreaviation/ clipping and slang) and 61 idiom with the meaning same with the meaning from the dictionary of idioms (English phrasal compound and figure of speech). Keywords: idiomatic expressions, contextual meaning, movie ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Assalamualaikum Wr.Wb In the name of Allah, the most Gracious and the Merciful Firstly of all, the researcher would like to thank the Almighty Allah SWT the Most Beneficent and the Most Merciful for giving her favors, ideas, and inspirations in accomplishing this research. Secondly, the researcher would like to express her thanks to the prophet Muhammad SAW, who has brought humans being from the darkness into the brightness. In writing this research entitled “ Contextual Meaning on the Idiomatic Expression in La La Land Movie Script “, with the purpose for as the partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Sarjana Pendidikan degree in English Department. There were so many obstacles faced by the researcher and without help from other people, it might be impossible for her to finish it. Thus, the researcher would like to express her thanks to her beloved parents, Mr. Baharuddin Haris Ritonga S.E (Alm) and Mrs. Herdina Br. Angkat for their pray, advise, courage, moral, and material support from she was born until forever. May Allah SWT bless them. Then the researcher also would like thank to: 1. Dr. Agussani, M.AP, the Rector of University of Muhammadiyah Sumatera Utara. 2. Dr. Elfrianto Nst, S.Pd, M.Pd, the Dean of The Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, University of Muhammadiyah Sumatera Utara. 3. Mandra Saragih, S.Pd, M.Hum and Pirman Ginting, S.Pd, M.Hum, the Head and Secretary of English Department at The Faculty Teacher Training and Education, UMSU for the encouragement in completing the research. 4. Halimah Tussa’diah, SS, MA, her supervisor who has given suggestion, advide, ideas, critics, and guidance in writing this research. 5. Mandra Saragih S.pd., M.Hum, the researcher‟s reviewer who has given suggestion, advise and comment for the researcher. 6. All lectures of FKIP University of Muhammadiyah Sumatera Utara, who has given knowledge in English teaching during her academic years at UMSU. 7. The staff of FKIP UMSU who have given help in administrative system service to complete necessary requiretments, so all administrative system could be resolved easily. 8. Muhammad Arifin M.Pd., the Head of librarian of UMSU who has provided the researcher many refrences. 9. Her beloved family, sister and brother, Nur Hajizah Ritonga and Rustamin Nasution, thanks a lot of for the support and pray. 10. The students of English Education program, Class B (Evening) FKIP UMSU 2014/2015, Her beloved friends especially, Dea Vyolina Sari, Iklila Dara Risani and Radhi Manfaluthi who always supported each others during learning process, given much motivation, given much knowledge and great experience. 11. Her supported friends, Suvi Yana Chaniago, Habibah Suri Latifah, Cory Sundari, Kamaluddin Nasution and Muhammad Iqbal Siregar who have supported, spent a lot of time and given much knowledge. 12. All people who love, help, and support the researcher during her study, May Allah SWT bless them all, Amin. Hopefully the findings of this research are expected to be useful for those who read this research and interested to the topic. Finally, the researcher realizes that this research is still far from being perfect in spite of the fact she has done her best completing this work. Therefore, constructive criticism, comments, suggestions are welcomed for further improvement of this research. Wassalamualaikum Wr.Wb Medan, 21 March 2018 Researcher, Nur Anggia Sari Ritonga TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT ......................................................................................................... i ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .................................................................................. ii TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................................... v LIST OF TABLE ................................................................................................ vii CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................... 1 A. ................................................................................................... Th e Background of the Study .................................................................. 1 B. ................................................................................................... Th e identification of the Problem ............................................................ 3 C. ................................................................................................... Th e Scope and Limitation........................................................................ 3 D. ................................................................................................... Th e Formulation of the Problem ............................................................. 3 E. ................................................................................................... Th e Objectives of the Study .................................................................... 4 F. ................................................................................................... Th e Significance of the Study ................................................................. 4 CHAPTER II REVIEW OF LITERATURE .................................................. 6 A. ........................................................................................................ Th eorical Framework .................................................................................... 6 1. .............................................................................................. Th e Kinds of Meaning ....................................................................... 6 1.1 Conceptual meaning ............................................................... 7 1.2 Connotative meaning .............................................................. 7 1.3 Social meaning ....................................................................... 7 1.4 Grammatical meaning ............................................................ 8 1.5 Affective meaning .................................................................. 8 1.6 Lexical meaning ..................................................................... 8 1.7 Contextual meaning ................................................................ 9 2. .............................................................................................. De finition of Idioms .......................................................................... 11 3. .............................................................................................. Ch aracteristic of Idioms ..................................................................... 15 4. .............................................................................................. Ty pes of Idiom .................................................................................. 15 4.1 ....................................................................................... Su bstitute .................................................................................... 16 4.2 ....................................................................................... Pr oper Name .............................................................................. 16 4.3 ....................................................................................... A bbreviation/Clipping ............................................................... 17 4.4 ....................................................................................... En glish Phrasal Compound ......................................................... 17 4.5 ......................................................................................