Figurative Language Analysis in Letto’s Songs “TRUTH, CRY AND LIE” ALBUM

ABSTRACT

In this study, the writer chooses “letto‟s songs album”. This album is chosen to be analyzed because it has some of figurative languages. The purposes are to find figurative language in it, to find the most dominant figurative language and to find the simple way to identify figurative languages that are contained in songs lyric, especially in letto’s songs.

The research method was qualitative descriptive analysis. It means that this research does not calculate the data and just gives description about figurative languages that is contained in letto’s songs. It is done by writing the songs lyric; classifying the figurative language, and then giving reasons. Results of this research are to find figurative languages (personification, ellipsis, rhetoric, metaphor, synecdoche, anti climax, pleonasm), it can be used as medium for teacher in learning process, and add knowledge about it. Beside that, we find the most figurative language in it (ellipsis) and find how to identify figurative language in it (by seeing subject, verb and adverb).

Keywords: FigurativeLanguages, Qualitative Descriptive Analysis

CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

A.  Background of the Study

Literature was though of as embodying a static, convoluted kind of language, far removed from the utterances of daily communication (Joanne Collie and Stephen Slater: 1987:2).language in literature does not depend on grammatical order. It is more complex and far removed from daily communications.   It   means   that   sometimes,   literature   doesn’t   follow language’s rules. Baca Juga: Skripsi Tentang Analysis of Interpersonal Maxim.

Literature is one kind of arts that is expressed human’s mind and feeling. It contains esthetic language, fine thinking, and deep messages. Author usually uses good diction in his literature products to make readers or listeners feel it by heart, not only in their eyes or ears. In certain condition,  an  author  makes  special  literature  which  expresses  their heart, word by word until make good sentences system. Each sentence is coherence and all make a unity. Literature is social institution which uses language medium. It is also essential part for people.

People use it as medium to deliver message between one to another. So misunderstanding can be reduced when they are communicating and talking language is communication tool which produced by human voice tool.   Mean while language can be divided into two, written and oral.   Written emphasizes to make reader understand by seeing, mean while oral by listening. Essentially, languages intense can be delivered by communicator to communicant successfully. Language functions are expression communication, integration tool, and social control tools. In language   literature,   language   function   more   emphasize   as   expression medium. So literature is author’s products which are expressed by written or spoken and has certain meaning. Baca Juga: Skripsi Tentang SPEAKING ABILITY

Literature genre or kind of literature can be grouped into two groups imaginative and non-imaginative. Imaginative contain of literature results that are based on some things that aren’t fact, mean while non-imaginative is based of fact and everybody knows about it. Practically, non-imaginative literature  consists  of  creations  like  essays,  critics,  biographies, autobiographies histories. Meanwhile imaginative literature consist of fiction (short stories, novelette, or romance), poem (epic poem, lyric poem,  and dramatic poem), and drama (comedy drama, tragedy drama, melodrama, and tragicomedy drama). Song lyric is included of kind of literature because lyric is language creation (poem) which contains of personal feeling expression. Song lyric is like poem but it is served in song form. It attributes are imaginative, but nowadays, song also contain critic to our government’s wisdom, welfare, miserable etc.

A lyric which is written by author, has destination that will be delivered to audiences. Song contains of word system, good diction, figurative language, so it will makes it is not just in their ears, but heart also can feel it. Song is created by authors based on  their life experiences; tell about someone, or another. Almost of people hear song be able toward their interest, that contains simple lyric, easy to understand and remember because they are in growing faze. They learn by singing song that they like. Teenagers prefer listen love song than other song because almost of them feel in love in this age. Mean while old people usually like slow song because their hearing are weak. Song is more interesting if is sung by singer who has certain voice character beside song lyric also interesting. Singers give special voice that makes it touch audience’s feeling. Music arrangement also influences music power too. In this research, writer will analyze songs lyric of Letto’s Album Truth, lie and cry is so romantic, melancholic, and simple but consist of many languages learning about figurative language. These albums consist of 10 songs, this research will study and analyze about figurative  language  that  there  are  in  Letto‟s  song.  So,  the  writer  makes research with title “figurative language analysis in Letto’s album “truth, cry and lie”

B.  Statements of Problem

Problem which will be studied in this research are;

1.   What are figurative languages in Letto‟s songs?

2.   What are dominant figurative languages in Letto‟s songs?

3.   How are simple ways to identify figurative language in song lyric?

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