FIGURATIVE LANGUAGES IN THE ENGLISH LYRICS OF THANK YOU ALLAH ALBUM: A FORMALISM PERSPECTIVE

RAIS, SAZLI ADAM (2018) FIGURATIVE LANGUAGES IN THE ENGLISH LYRICS OF THANK YOU ALLAH ALBUM: A FORMALISM PERSPECTIVE. S1 thesis, Universitas Mataram.

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Abstract

The study aims to find out kinds of figurative language and their meanings in three selected song lyrics of Maher Zain. The researcher uses formalism theory to analyze the types of figurative language found in the song lyrics. This study uses descriptive qualitative method which concern in understanding the result of the data found rather than calculating the result of the data. The researcher analyzes the songs by reading them intensively and giving attention for each line. After analyzing the sentences in the song lyrics, the researcher found four kinds of figurative languages that are used in the song lyrics, they are hyperbole, metaphor, simile, personification. Hyperbole is the type of figurative language that mostly used in the selected song lyrics. From the data analysis, the researcher found the figurative languages in hold my hand song consist of 2 personification, 2 simile and 1 metaphor, in Palestine tomorrow will be free song consist of 6 hyperbole and 1 simile, in for the rest of my life consist of 9 hyperbole. It can be concluded that figurative language that most used in Maher Zain songs is hyperbole consist of 15 hyperbole figurative language. The song lyrics try to tell us about human social life which contained about love, sadness, happiness, and others. The existence of figurative language is to beautify and to clarify the understanding of the lyrics

Item Type: Thesis (S1)
Keywords (Kata Kunci): Figurative language, Maher zain, Formalism theory, Hyperbole
Subjects: L Education > L Education (General)
Divisions: Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan
Depositing User: Saprudin Saprudin
Date Deposited: 26 Jan 2019 03:28
Last Modified: 06 Feb 2019 05:55
URI: http://eprints.unram.ac.id/id/eprint/11973

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