AN ANALYSIS OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGES AND ITS POSSIBLE FUNCTIONS IN TAYLOR SWIFT’S TOP 5 SONGS FROM “MIDNIGHTS” ALBUM

Rizka, Aisyah Mayang and Ira, Maisarah and Eko, Saputra (2023) AN ANALYSIS OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGES AND ITS POSSIBLE FUNCTIONS IN TAYLOR SWIFT’S TOP 5 SONGS FROM “MIDNIGHTS” ALBUM. Undergraduated thesis, Universitas Bengkulu.

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Abstract

This study aims to figure out the kinds and functions of figurative language that may be found in Taylor Swift’s song lyrics in “Midnights” album. In this study, the method used was qualitative and content analysis. The instrument was the researcher herself and table analysis. The corpus of this research is the lyrics of top 5 most popular songs in “Midnights” album by Taylor Swift. Figurative languages found in the lyrics were categorized into 10 categories based on Perrine’s theory (1969). In data analysis, conceptual content analysis was applied as the data were collected by analyzing the song lyrics and listening to the songs. From the result, there were only 9 out of 10 kinds of figurative language expressions are found in the data. The figurative languages found are metaphor, simile, personification, metonymy, symbol, paradox, hyperbole, understatement, and irony. The total of the figurative language found were 78 figurative languages. Metonymy was the most common type from the data due to many descriptions of experiences in the song lyrics. Meanwhile, all 4 possible functions of figurative language expressions in the song lyrics are found in the data. They are imaginative pleasure, additional imagery, emotional intensity, and means of concentration. The total of the possible functions of figurative language found were 28 data. The most dominant function found was emotional intensity. This showed that the songs analyzed from “Midnights” album serving both informative statements and emotional expressions. The conclusion is the song lyrics from “Midnights” album might be useful for educational material and for students to study figurative language and to interpret them because they contain a variety of figurative languages. The first suggestion is to choose the study topic carefully and making sure it contains a lot of figurative language, whether it's a song lyric, poem, short story, or book. Moreover, in order to fully comprehend the variety of language used in song lyrics, a deep understanding of figurative language is needed. In addition, the other researchers may select different aspects other than figurative language and its possible function. Besides that, by utilizing song lyrics and other literary works as a medium, the advice for the future teacher aims to present various types of figurative language to the students. Keywords: Figurative language, Possible Function, Taylor Swift’s “Midnights” album

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