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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN SONG LYRIC “TEARS
& RAIN” BY JAMES BLUNT
GEDE ANGGA KRISMA CARYA
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ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF ARTS
UDAYANA UNIVERSITY
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
First of all, I would like to thank the God for all of his blessing given to
me, so that I can complete this study. I would like to say thank you very much to
Drs. I Nyoman Sedeng and Yana Qomariana,S.S., M.Ling my first and my second
supervisor, thank you for the patience, assistance, and contribution in guiding me
to write this paper. I would like to thank to Faculty of Letters, Udayana University,
and also to all staff of Extension Program of English Department.
Thank you very much to my parents who always have mad at me for
finishing this study as soon as possible. And special thank I dedicated to my
beloved “Kadek Widiassrini” who always motivated me every single time.
I realize this study is still far from perfect. Therefore, any critic, new ideas
are extremely appreciated. I hope this writing could help for those who want to
write about figurative language.
Denpasar, 30 Juni 2016
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1.5.2 Method and Technique of Collecting Data... 4
1.5.3 Method and Technique of Analyzing Data... 5
1.5.3 The Song Tears and Rain about... 5
1.5.3 Message of The Song... 5
CHAPTER II REVIEW OF LITERATURES, CONCEPT AND THEORITICAL FRAMEWORK 2.1 Literature Review ... 7
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2.2.1 Concept Figurative Language... 9
2.2.2 Concept Types of Meaning... 10
2.3 Theoretical Framework... 11
2.3.1 Figurative Language by Knickerbocker and Reninger... 11
2.3.2 Figurative Language by Larson... 18
2.3.3 Figurative Language by Holman... 21
2.3.4 Table of Figurative Language and Reason of Choosing Knickerbocker and Reninger‟s Theory... 27
2.3.5 Theory of Meaning... 28
CHAPTER III ANALYSIS OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN THE SONG LYRIC TEARS AND RAIN BY JAMES BLUNT 3.1 Biography of James Blunt... 33
3.2 Data Presentation... 34
3.3. Analysis of Figurative Language in the Song... 36
3.3.1 Hyperbole... 36
3.3.2 Metonymy... 42
3.3.3 Irony... 43
3.3.4 Simile... 44
3.4 Analysis Meaning of Tears and Rain... 45
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3.4.2 Connotative Meaning... 48
3.4.3 Collocative Meaning... 53
CHAPTER IV CONCLUSION AND SUGESTION
4.1 Conclusion... 55
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ABSTRACT
The title of this study is “Figurative Language in Song Lyric Tears and
Rain by James Blunt”. The aims of this study are identifying the types of
figurative language used in the song lyric „Tears and Rain‟ by James Blunt and
analyzing the types of meaning found in the song lyric. The applied method in
collecting the data of this study are documentation and observation method. The
method applied in analyzing the data is qualitative method. The data was taken
from James Blunt‟s song entitled “Tears and Rain”from album Back to Beldam
(2004). The main theory applied in this study is theory of figurative language by
Knickerbocker and Reninger (1963). The analysis is also supported by semantic
theory by Leech (1994). The results show that there are four types of figurative
language found in the song lyric. Those types of figurative language are
hyperbole, metonymy, irony, and simile. There are three kinds of meaning found
in the data they are: connotative meaning, conceptual meaning, and collocative
meaning. The song uses figurative language and types of meaning to beautify and
to convey the implicit message of the song.
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