THE FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN THE OLD AND NEW MINANG POP SONG.

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THE FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN THE OLD AND

NEW MINANG POP SONG

A THESIS

Submitted as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement

for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra

By :

AYU SEPTIA LESTARI

Registration Number 2111620002

ENGLISH AND LITERATURE DEPARTEMENT

FACULTY OF LANGUAGES AND ARTS

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The ultimate greatest praise and thanks to Allah SWT for countless love and

cares, unstinting strength given and never-late helps given during the

individuals who always contributed and extended their valuable assistances in the preparation, completion of this thesis. The writer’s special appreciation goes to:

 Prof. Dr. H. Syawal Gultom, M.Pd., the Rector of State University of

Medan.

 Dr. Isda Pramuniati, M.Hum., the Dean Faculty of Language and Arts,

State University of Medan.

 Prof. Dr. Hj. Sumarsih, M.Pd., the Head of English and Literature

Department and as her Thesis Examiner

 Dra. Meisuri, M.A., the Secretary of English Department, Syamsul

Bahri, S.S., M.Hum., the Head of English Literature Program, Nora

Ronita Dewi, S.Pd., S.S., M.Hum., the Head of English Education

Program Faculty of Language and Arts, State University of Medan.

 Dr. I Wy. Dirgeyasa, M.Hum., as her Thesis Advisor  Dr. Rahmad Husein, M.Ed., as her Thesis Examiner.  Drs. Johan Sinulingga, M.Pd., as her Thesis Examiner.

 Eis Sri Wahyuni, M.Pd., as the Administration Staff of English Department

for helping the writer in preparing all the fulfillment of this thesis.  All of the Lectures in English and Literature Department

 The greatest and sincere thanks are fully addressed to her beloved parents

Mr. Hirmansyah and Mrs. Rafwita for their love, financial support,

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struggles, obstacles and fight against this life her Sweet Sisters Astri

Rahma Sari. The writer is so blessed to have them.

 All her beloved friends in ENGLISH LITERATURE A and B 2011,Martha

Simanjuntak, Christina, Ika, Kiki, Sofa, Rezeki, Sofyan, David

Sihite, Serius, Jhon, Boby and Maria, Eli for their support, kindness,

great love, care and warm hearted encouragement friendship in finishing

this thesis to the writer.

 Constructive critics and suggestions for the improvement of this thesis

would be highly appreciated. Thank you. God bless.

Medan, September 2015

The writer,

Ayu Septia Lestari

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i ABSTRACT

Lestari, Ayu Septia. 2111620002. Figurative Language in the Old and New Minang Pop Songs. A Thesis. English Department. Faculty of Language And Arts. State University of Medan. 2015.

This study deals with the use of figurative language in Minang pop songs. This study purposes to examine the types of figurative language in the old and new Minang pop songs and derive the literal meanings of the figurative language. The sources of the data in this study are the old Minang pop songs in 1960 and the new Minang pop songs in 2013. The data are song lyrics. There are twenty four songs, consisting of eight the old Minang pop songs and sixteen the new Minang pop songs which are selected purposive randomly. The research instrument of this study is the documentary sheet. The data are analyzed by the descriptive analysis. The result of this study shows that there are ten types of figurative language in the old Minang pop song and nine types of figurative language in the new Minang pop song with various number and different types of figurative language. Based on the research, the old and new Minang pop song have some varieties literal meaning of figurative language that suitable with the context in the song lyrics.

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THE FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN THE OLD AND NEW MINANG POP SONG.