AN ANALYSIS OF IDIOMATIC EXPRESSION USED IN HACKSAW RIDGE MOVIE (2016)

This research aims to determine the types and meanings of Idiomatic expressions
in the Hacksaw Ridge Movie. This research used a qualitative method. The object
of this research is the script of dialogues and narrations of the characters in
Hacksaw Ridge Movie., namely Whole script movie. The researcher used data
sheets and tables as instruments. The researcher identified and categorized each
expression based on Makkai's theory (2013) and using two dictionaries related to
idioms, namely Merriam Dictionary of Idioms, Dictionary of American Idioms by
McGraw-Hill's, , then matched the meanings of Idiomatic expressions from the
dictionaries with the co-text contained in the dialogues or narrations of the
characters to analyze the data. The results showed that there were six types of
lexemic idiomatic expressions in the Hacksaw Ridge Movie., namely Sesemic
idiom (Proverbial Idioms, Familiar quotation idioms, Idiomaticity in
institutionalized understatement, Idiomaticity in institutionalized hyperbole) and
Lexemic Idiom (Phrasal Verb idioms, Tournure idioms, Irreversible Binomial
idioms, Phrasal Compound idioms, Incorporating Verb idioms, and Pseudo
idioms). In determining the meaning must be based on the co-text because an
idiom contains many meanings.
Keywords: Idiomatic, Idiomatic expressions, Movie