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1 1 FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE ANALYSIS IN FIVE JOHN LEGEND S SONGTHESISK hadijah Arifah11320117 ENGLISH LETTERS AND LANGUAGE DEPARTMENTFACULTY OF HUMANITIESMAULANA MALIK IBRAHIM STATE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY OFMALANG20162 THESISP resented toMaulana Malik Ibrahim State Islamic University, Malangin partial fulfilment of the requirementsfor the degree of Sarjana SastraAdvisorDr. H Langgeng Budianto, M. PdByKHADIJAH ARIFANIM 11320117 ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LETTERS DEPARTMENTFACULTY OF HUMANITIESMAULANA MALIK IBRAHIM STATE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITYMALANG5 MOTTOYou need to step outside, get some fresh air,And remind yourself of who you are and who you want to be Khadijah Arifah 6 DEDICATIONThis thesis is especially dedicated to:Mybeloved father,Salim Abdurrahman Al-Hinduan and my mother,Fatma ZeinAl-Hinduanwho always give me spirit, support, prayer,andloves,and my littlebrother, Husein Murthadoand Hasan Murthado, thank a lot for endless love and praysI love you with all my H Langgeng Budianto, ,Proudly, I would liketoexpress my deepest gratitude to Allah SWT for all his blessingand mercies becausefinallyIcan complete this thesis.

2 It is only for him I give all my hopes andwishes. Sholawat and salamalways giveupon our noble Prophet Muhammad SAWand AhlulBaitwho has guided us to the right way of thesis entitledFigurative LANGUAGE ANALYSIS in Five John Legend s Songisintended to fulfill the requirement for achieving the degree of SarjanaSastra ( ) in EnglishLetters and LANGUAGE Department, Faculty of Humanities, Maulana Malik Ibrahim State IslamicUniversity of , the writer would like to dedicate the best thank Dean of Faculty of Humanities, Dr. Hj. Istiadah, , providing tool andinfrastructure which support the smoothness of learning and studying in this Head ofEnglish Letters and LANGUAGE Department,Dr. Syamsuddin, allthe lecturers of English Letters and LANGUAGE Department, many thanks for being sokind, patient and generous in leading me to the world, which never I knew before with,the loves, valuable knowledge and H LanggengBudianto, my advisor who leads and inspires me to get a bettercritical thoughts and ideas in completing this lovely parent, SalimHinduan and FatmaHinduan, thank for support, prays, love,cares, andaffections, and my little Brother, Hasan and Huseinbig hug and thanks for yourendless love and of my friends of BSI 2011, thanks to spend the time with me and being my friend Ishare my life of My cousin Nanda Baharun, SukainaBaharun, HasanMutahar, AmiraBaharun,Fatimah Hinduan, MuhajirHinduan, Salma Hinduan,and MuznahHinduanthank for beingmy family and help me when I feel bored, and help me with of myfriend , Fahmi Kaff , AbdillahHabsyi , Jakfar, Musa ,Husein Hamid, Ali Syahab, NaylaHabsyi.

3 NoviaQadrie , KhadijahBa bud,ImaBa Bud, Rofiq, Hasan Haddar, AlwiAlkaff, HasanMuhdor , BidinJufdriethank foraccompanying me in my days during in but the least, I expect the readers suggestions and critics responding to the presenceof my thesis. Hopefully, this research will give many advantages to all of people who muchconcern in English , 19 January 2016 The writer9 ABSTRACTA rifah, Khadijah. LANGUAGE ANALYSIS in Five John Legend s Letters and LANGUAGE Department, Faculty of Humanities, MaulanaMalik Ibrahim State Islamic University of Advisor: Dr. H LanggengBudianto, words: Semantic, FIGURATIVE LanguageFigurative LANGUAGE is part of the semantic. As we know that with semantic we can knowthe true meaning in a song. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE is LANGUAGE which employs various figures the FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE are used in John Legend s song isexpected that the result of this study will be useful for the students of linguistics since this studyis done based on the theory of FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE .

4 The benefit of FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE andcategory used in this thesis is that the readers will comprehend that such theory can be used togive clearer and better understanding about the meanings of FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE . Kindoffigurative LANGUAGE wasfound in John Legend song selected songs lyricare simile, metaphor,hyperbole, personification, oxymoron, paradox, symbolic, repetition, allusion, and LANGUAGE in the song could make the readers understand that lyrics of the songcan describe messages that must be known by learning them deeply in terms of categories. Thisstudy attempts to provide a description about FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE in human daily life. The type ofdata that is used in this study is a qualitative data. The data analyzed in the study are somewritten texts. The texts discuss is song taken from John Legend song lyric . By theseclassifications, we can recognize well which one includes each FIGURATIVE speech. The result ofthis study will be able to give contribution to the readers who are interested in learning andunderstanding or interpreting those OF iSTATEMENT OF THE iiAPPROVAL SHEET.

5 IiiLEGITIMATION OF I: Background of the Study .. of the Objectivesof the Significant of the Research .. and Definition of Key terms ..6 CHAPTER II:REVIEW OF THE RELATED Song Previous III: RESEARCH IV: FINDING and All of You & Money Ordinary V: CONCLUSION AND Conclusion ..50 REFERENCESAPPENDIX13 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTIONThis chapter presents background of the study, problem of the study, objective ofthe study, scope and limitation of the study, significances of the study,research Design,data source,reserch Instrument, data collection, data ANALYSIS ,and definition of the of the StudyLanguage is a system of conventional spoken or written symbols used by peoplefor communicating with each other. People needlanguage to communicate, to interactand to get information from other people. In this time, people can speak with otherthrough couldconveyhisvoiceto many people,so thatpeoplecan knowhis a lot ofsongscouldexpressour feelings,such assongs withthe themeof love,social,political,and far as we know that song is a part of literature.

6 According to Meyer (1997:1),literature is a term used to describe written texts marked by careful use of LANGUAGE ,including features such as creative metaphors, wellturned phrases, elegant syntax,rhyme, alliteration, which are aesthetically read orintended by the author to beaesthetically read and are deliberately somewhat open in interpretation . Song is oneexample of literature. Song is the act or art of singing. Song as piece of music with wordsthat aresung has a function to express the thoughts and feeling. Song has two elements,suchas lyrics and song is funactivity, but the listeners cannot get pleasure if they dontunderstand the FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE LANGUAGE that commonly found in song. There aresome similarities between a song and a poem. A song has to be rhythmic and sodoes a poem. Rhythm is one of the important elements in both songs and fact,there is even a form of poetry which is made into music called a lyric can be used in songs to express the thoughts and feelings of the author.

7 Music without words is poetry , only not in the generalizedsense (Putu Ayu, 2012)Song usually consist of FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE since the FIGURATIVE languaged is usedin the lyric that is writen well. The descriptive words of FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE has ameaning in sense other than literal, even the words convey precise meaning. Based onreason, it brings the writer of the research to analyze. In thsi reserach the writer analyzedfigurative LANGUAGE in song lyric of John Legend s song. Song lyric is a short poem in anumber of verses set to music to be sung. In its writing, the songwriters or composersusually beautify the LANGUAGE they use by any FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE , so that the listenerswill be more attracted in listening the ,figurativelanguageispartof weknowthatwithsemanticwecanknowthe true listening toa songa person maynotfocuson the lyricsused inthe song,especially ifthe songcontains theyjustlikedbecause the music isgood,orevenbecausethey meaning ofalyricis importantbecausewewillknow themeaningand purpose inthe of theworldfamoussingerisJohn has bornwith thebirth name of John Roger Sthepents.

8 He was born in December 28, 1978 inohio, United States. Genres of his music are RnB, soul, neo soul and pop. He is not only a15singer, but also songwriter, actor and an writer was interested to conduct thisresearch because generally the readers including the writer her self sometimes foundsome difficulties in understanding the meaning from the song lyrics. The writer choosessongs by John Legend because Jhon Legend s song are meaningful and enjoyable to beheard. The lyrics of songs are typically of a poetic, rhyming nature. It is because the songwriter merely use figure of speech in order to be more interesting memorable, the songs aresung byJohnhasa very deep meaning. John Legend was alsofamous with his song which contain the beauty of the word and using his sensivity toexpress his imagination most famous song is All of me, you and I andtonight consistof beautiful diction, sense and FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE . Therefore the writerbecomes interestedin analyzing the FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE in John Legend s song.

9 There aresome reasons why the researcher choose FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE for ANALYSIS the semanticmeaning in song lyric. First, because this song consist of figures of speech. So, it makesthe song interesting to be sung and accepted in society. Second, john legend song becamepopular around the world a singerhemust knowthe thatwhenhewouldbring thelistenerto singthesong he importantelementwhen theconcepts author himselfhad researcher usesReaske s theory of FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE because the theorysupport the problem of my research. Reaske (1996:27) states that FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE islanguage which employs various figures of speech. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE is a kind of16language that departs from the LANGUAGE employed the traditional literal ways ofdescribing persons of object. It is usually immediately obvious wheter a writer is usingfigurative LANGUAGE or literal LANGUAGE . Besides,according to Croft (2000:56) figurativelanguage is a symbolic or methaporical and not meant to be taken Bradfort T.

10 Stull in his book Elements of FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE , FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE isthe LANGUAGE that avoids speaking directly or plainly about the subject under theory helps the researcher toanswer the research question of this study. There aremany kinds of FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE in this theory. It is make the researcher be easier toanalyze the FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE in each ,metaphor,idiom,personification,hyperbol e,symbol,synocdhoce,andrepitition among others were found to be the common FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE used by theperforming artist when composing his or her songs. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE does not meanexactly what it says, but instead forces the reader to make an imaginative leap inorder to comprehend an author's are some of studie which have done by previous researchers. First, Putu ayu(2012) investigated the ANALYSIS of FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE in Adele s song lyric. The findingsof her study are identify the types of FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE found in the song lyrics byAdele and describe the contextual meaning of the FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE used in the songlyrics by &Suleiman (2013) studied about an ANALYSIS of FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE intwo selected traditional funeral songs of the of the Kilba people of Adamawa state.