AN ANALYSIS OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE FOUND ON
THE SONG LYRIC BY HARRIS JUNG’S “
SALAM
” ALBUM
THESIS
Submitted as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Sarjana Degree of English Department Faculty of Arts and Humanities
State Islamic University of Sunan Ampel Surabaya
By:
Nadiyah Suryatini
Reg. Number: A03212011ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES
xiv ABSTRACT
Suryatini, Nadiyah. 2016. An Analysis of Figurative Language found on the
Song Lyric by Harris Jung’s “Salam” Album. English Department. Faculty of Arts and Humanities. State Islamic University of Sunan Ampel Surabaya. The Advisor : Dr. Mohammad Kurjum, M.Ag.
Key words : Semantic, Figurative Language, Harris Jung
The writer presents figurative language by Harris Jung in his first Album “Salam”. Furthermore, the writer has two research problems. Those are, what are the types of figurative language used by Harris Jung’s songs and what are the figurative meaning that found in Harris Jung’s songs.
This research focuses on the types of figurative language that used by Harris Jung songs and the figurative meaning in Harris Jung’s songs. The writer uses figurative language theory by X.J Kennedy (1979) to analyze types of figurative language and to analyze the figurative meaning. To supporting this research of figurative language that found in Harris Jung’ songs, the writer uses the qualitative methods to analyze each sentences in the song lyrics.
The result of this study is the writer found many figurative languages in Harris Jung’s songs. There are; metaphor, simile, hyperbole, personification, synecdoche, and symbol. The last is the dominant of figurative languages that used is hyperbole.
INTISARI
Suryatini, Nadiyah. 2016. An Analysis of Figurative Language found on the
Song Lyric by Harris Jung’s “Salam” Album. Tesis Sastra Inggris. Fakultas Adab dan Humaniora.Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Ampel Surabaya Pembimbing : Dr. Mohammad Kurjum, M.Ag.
Kata Kunci : Semantic, Figurative Language, Harris Jung
Skripsi ini berisi tentang figurative language yang digunakan oleh Harris di album pertamanya “Salam”. Penulis mempunyai dua permasalahan penelitian. Permasalahan tersebut yaitu apa jenis figurative language yang digunakan Harris dalam lagu-lagunya dan makna figurative yang terkandung yang digunakan Harris dalam lagu-lagunnya.
Fokus penelitian ini terletak pada jenis figurative language yang digunakan Harris dalam lagu-lagunya dan makna figurative dari figurative language yang digunakan Harris dalam lagu-lagunnya. Dalam penelitian ini, penulis menggunakan teori figurative language dari Kennedy (1979) untuk menganalisis jenis figurative language yang digunakan Harris dalam lagu-lagunya dan menganalisis makna figurative yang terkadung di dalamnya yang digunakan Harris dalam lagu-lagunnya. Untuk mendukung penelitiannya, penulis menggunakan metode kualitatif untuk menganalisis setiap kalimat yang ada di dalam lirik lagu tersebut.
Hasil dari pembelajaran ini adalah metaphora, simili, hiperbola, personifikasi, sinekdok, dan simbol. Hyperbole merupakan figurative yang paling banyak di temukan di dalam lirik.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Inside Cover Page ... i
Inside Title Page ... ii
Declaration Page ... iii
Motto ... iv
Dedication Page ... v
Thesis Advisor’s Approval Page ... vi
Thesis Examiner’s Approval Page ... vii
Acknowledgement... viii
Table of Contents ... x
List of Ttables ... xiii
Abstract ... xiv
Intisari ... xv
CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION 1.1. Background of the Study ... 1
1.2. Review of Related Research ... 4
1.3. Statement of the Problem... 5
1.4. Objective of the Study ... 6
1.5. Significance of the Study ... 6
1.6. Scope and Limitation ... 6
1.7. Definition of Key Terms ... 7
2.2. Figurative Language ... 9
2.2.1. Comparative Figurative Language ... 10
2.2.1.1. Personification ... 10
2.2.1.2. Metaphor ... 10
2.2.1.3. Simile ... 11
2.2.2. Contradictive Figurative Language ... 12
2.2.2.1. Hyperbole ... ……… 12
2.2.2.2. Litotes ... 12
2.2.2.3. Paradox ... 13
2.2.2.4. Irony ... 13
2.2.3. Correlative Figurative Language ... 14
2.2.3.1. Metonymy ... 14
3.4. Techniques of Data Collection ... 19
3.5. Techniques of Data Analysis ... 19
CHAPTER IV: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION 4.1. Findings ... 22
4.1.1. Types of Figurative Language... 22
4.1.1.1. Metaphor ... 22
4.1.1.2. Hyperbole ... 24
4.1.1.3. Personification ... 26
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4.1.1.5. Synecdoche... 28
4.1.1.6. Symbol ... 29
4.1.2. Figurative meaning ... 29
4.1.2.1. Metaphor ... 29
4.1.2.2. Hyperbole ... 34
4.1.2.3. Personification ... 38
4.1.2.4. Simile ... 40
4.1.2.5. Synecdoche ... 44
4.1.2.6. Symbol ... 45
4.2. Discussion ... 46
CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION 1.1. Conclusion ... 48
1.2. Suggestion ... 50
BIBLIOGRAPHY ... 51
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
This chapter present some subs of chapter include Background of the study, Statement of problem, Objective of study, Significance of the study, Scope and Limitation of the study and Definition of the key term.
1.1 Background of study
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Language cannot be separated from us, because it is so important in every aspect of human life, such as: technology, education, sciences, politics, economics, art, etc. In art for example: namely song. The songs have the imaginative quality and specific characteristic of the language use, such as denotation and connotation. English songs are used to express human feelings. It is necessary for listeners especially Indonesian to comprehend the content of the English songs than the others. Now, all of the people like music or song, from the young till adult, especially English ones. Most of them would like to collect the English song cassettes or CD. They are interested in improving English mastery through English songs which are popular right now.
In this thesis, the writer chooses the song as object of the research. Song is a short musical composition which is sung by human voice, and has a certain lyric. Lyric is expressing the writer's emotions, usually briefly and in stanzas or recognized forms (Concise Oxford English Dictionary, 11th Edition Revised).
The meaning of a lyric can either be explicit or implicit. Some of lyrics are composed in poetical composition which makes it similar with poetries that there are many words written using figurative languages. Most of the authors express their ideas of reality, social life in their point of view, and their experiences through their own imaginative and intense perception of their own world. The authors purpose to makes a good response from the listeners. So, the song can make the listeners more interested in hearing it such as in Harris Jung’s song.
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successful and become the hottest songs on 2015 defeating the famous band “COLDPLAY” on iTunes with other songs. This news is told through account
instagram Warner Music Indonesia.
Harris Jung is British-Muslim recording artist who won the Awakening Talent Contest in 2013, leading him to sign a record deal with Awakening Records. Through Awakening, he released his first official music video for the song "SalamAlaikum" as part of his debut album Salam. There are many messages delivered in his songs, the concept of songs in this album mostly about religious song, which describes the greatness of Almighty Allah and the Prophet Muhammad as well as the love a child to the parents. And the language that is used to convey the messages in the song is figurative language, so the listener will be interested in listening song to obtain the purpose and the messages delivered in the song.
This study focused on the use of figurative languages in song lyrics especially in Harris Jung’s songs, because many figurative languages could be
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“AN ANALYSIS OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE FOUND ON THE SONG
LYRIC BY HARRIS JUNG’S “SALAM” ALBUM.
1.2 Review of Related Research
The writer takes reviews of related literature from the other graduating paper as comparison and also close relation of the use of English word. They are:
The first review related to this research, the title is “Analysis on Figurative Language Used in English Translation of Bukhori Hadith” which has been researched by Dina in 2008. In her graduating paper, she classified the figurative language expression based on Perrine theory’s and applied pragmatic context to describe the implicature. After analyzing the data, the researcher found the types of figurative language used in Bukhari Hadith which can be identified as simile, metaphor, personification, and allegory. She also found that the implicature used in English translation of Bukhori Hadith covered the explanation, describtion and also reminder. All of the implicature in her study belongs to the conversational implicature.
The second review related to this research, is “An Analysis of Figurative Languages Used in Harry Potter Fifth Movie “Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix”, by Okventia Rahma Lutan in 2012, in her graduating paper, she used
descriptive qualitative methods in her analyze. In her graduating paper, she found 10 kinds of figurative languages. They are metaphor, simile, personification, metonymy, symbol, synecdoche, paradox, hyperbole, litotes, and irony.
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2009. In her graduating paper, she classified the figurative language expression based on human perceptual system and describing the contextual meaning of the figurative language expression used in Westlife’s lyrics song on Westlife’s album.
After analyzing the data, the researcher found that figurative language used on Westlife’s album is dominated by personification as their creativity of mind
expression. Besides, the writer also finds other of figurative language namely; hyperbole, simile, metaphor, and synecdoche. Westlife’s album uses several
symbol of human perceptual system namely; being, energy, substance, object, animate, and human/man.
This research has the same theme with the first and the second review related literature research. The analysis is figurative language, but the objectives of this research do not concern to Bukhari Hadith and movie, but it concerns with song’s lyrics.
There is similarity between this research and this previous study. It is about the theme and objectives in the last previous study. The differences between this research and the last previous study are objective in song album. The album title of this research is “SALAM” by Harris Jung’s, whereas the last research is “Westlife”
1.3 Statement of the Problem
From the background of the study, the writer would like to write down the problem statement as follows:
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2. What are the figurative meanings that used in Harris Jung’s “Salam” album?
1.4Objectives of the Study
Specifically, the purposes of the research are:
1. To identify the types of figurative language used in Harris Jung’s “Salam” Album.
2. To describe the figurative meaning of each types of figurative expression found in the song’s lyrics.
1.5 Significance of the Study
A study on figurative language is very interesting and challenging because it is one of the aspects of the language used. This study gives both theoretical and practical contribution. Theoretically, the result of the study is expected to be useful and develop the information of semantic study, especially in figurative language. Practically, the result of this study are expected to be useful for the writer herself or give a valuable knowledge and further information for any readers in general and also being an alternative references for other researchers especially in conducting the same research.
1.6 The Scope and Limitation
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research only in twelve songs of Harris Jung and the figurative meaning that are used in the album of Harris Jung’s song lyrics “Salam”. Ten titles of Harris Jung songs are “SalamuAlaikum, My Hero, Good Life, Let me Breathe, Love Who
You Are, I promise, You Are My Life, The One, Rasool Allah, and Worth it”.
1.7 Definitions of key Terms
Semantic: Study of meaning and since meaning in part of language, semantic is part of linguistic. (Palmer, 1976:1)
Figurative Language: A figure of speech may be said to occur whenever a speaker or writer, for the sake of freshness or emphasis, departs from the usual denotations of words. (X. J. Kennedy, 1979:487) it means that figurative language is a word or phrase that departs from everyday literal language for the sake comparison, emphasis, clarity, or freshness.
Song: a musical expression, which are consist of rhythm and lyrics (en.wikipedia.org).
Lyrics: Is a composed for singing (Oxford Dictionary 1995:703).
Harris Jung: Is a young British Muslim artist with Indian and Irish heritage (en.wikipedia.org).
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CHAPTER II
LITERATURE REVIEW
This chapter will discuss about the review of the related theories and related studies this review is very important because it used as the basis of analysis of the study. In this part the writer reviews the theories related to figurative language based on X. J. Kennedy theory (1979) on his book entitled Literature: an Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama. These theories include the types and definition of figurative language.
2.1. Semantics
Palmer (1981: 1) states that semantic is the technical terms used to refer to the study of meaning, and since meaning is a part of language, semantic is a part of linguistic. In addition, he states that meaning here covers variety aspect of language and there is no general agreement about the nature of meaning, what aspect of it may properly by included in semantic, or the way in which it should be described. John I Saeed classifies the semantic on the diagram below.
Semantics
Non- Literal Meaning Literal meaning
Figurative language
Litotes Metonymy
Metaphor
e
Irony Personification Simile
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2.2 Figurative Language
The Webster‘s New World College Dictionary (1996: 571) explains that
figurative speech is an expression (as metaphor or euphemism) that substitutes a variation of points of view by which things or notions which is referred to as if it is different in some ways (in identify, degree, shape) from what it actually is or seems to be but so related to the expression successfully implies an intended meaning of effect either or greatly different from what is utterly said.
Rozakis (1995: 28) says that “Figurative language – saying one thing in terms of another”. It means that figurative language is an expression used by
person or the author indirectly by using a comparison. It cannot be interpreted literally because the comparison in figurative language expression has the meaning.
Figurative language is language that uses figures of speech. A figure of speech is a way of saying something other than the literal meaning of the world. Figure of speech may be said occur whenever a speaker or writer, for the sake of freshness or emphasis, departs from the usual denotations of words (X.J. Kennedy, 1979:187).
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2.2.1 Comparative Figurative Language
Comparative figurative language consists of Personification, Metaphor, and Simile.
2.2.1.1Personification
Personification is a figure of speech in which a thing, an animal, or an abstract term (truth or nature) is made human (Kennedy, 1979:495). Personification gives human characteristics to inanimate objects, animals, or ideas. This can really affect the way the reader imagines things. This is used in children’s books, poetry, and fictional literature. Other definition is given by
Potter, (1967: 54). He defines that personification is figure of speech in imaginative something, which does not have soul as though they have human characteristic.
For example:
1) The sun played hide and seek with the clouds. 2) The sky was full of dancing stars.
The meaning of the first statement is the weather of that day is always change, and the meaning of the second statement, the sky of that night is very beautiful because full of stars. Both of the sentences above describe the sun and the sky is played and dancing as human does. The word “played” and “dancing” has a connotative meaning.
2.2.1.2 Metaphor
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(1979: 490). It means that metaphor only makes sense when the similarities between the two things become apparent or someone understands the connection. Other definition is given by Keraf (1994: 139) Metaphor is variety of analogy which compare two things directly, but in short pattern. It means that between subject and object have same attributes, and writer uses it to compares it to another. For example:
1) He has a heart of stone. 2) “Oh, my love is red, red rose
The meaning of heart of stone is the man cannot accept opinion from others because his heart is hard like a stone. For the second example, this sentence compares a love with a rose that has a red colour, red means brave, so love is brave, brave to face obstacle and fight to get love.
2.2.1.3 Simile
Kennedy (1979:490) affirms that simile is comparison of two things, indicated by some connective, usually like, as, than or verb such as resembles. Generally, simile is defined as a type of figurative language that used to explain the resemblance of two objects (in shape, colour, characteristic etc). For example:
1) As easy as shooting fish in a barrel. 2) Her eyes are like a star, east star.
The first example is doing something that people think is hard but he makes it is very easy and simple. For the second example, the word “eyes” and
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words with the same purpose. The both of the example above used the key word like and as to compare between two unlike things.
2.2.2 Contradictive Figurative Language
There are four kind of contradictive figurative language which consists of Hyperbole, Litotes, Paradox, and Irony.
2.2.2.1 Hyperbole
Kennedy (1983:496) affirms hyperbole is emphasizing a point with statement containing exaggeration. It can be ridiculous or funny. Hyperboles can be added to fiction to add colour and depth to a character. Hyperbole is figure of speech that it is intentional exaggeration or overstating, often for emphasis or vivid descriptive. Hyperboles can be added to fiction to add colour and depth to a character. For example:
1) I had to walk 15 miles to school in the snow, uphill.
2) He was so hungry, he ate that whole cornfield for lunch, stalks and all. The meaning of the first sentence is he walks to school in the snow it make like walk so far like 15 miles away. The second statement describe that he ate so much because very hungry. The statement above is expression of over-statement. 2.2.2.2 Litotes
Litotes is opposite from hyperbole. It is kind of understatement where the speaker uses negative of a word ironically, to mean the opposite. According Hornby (2000:451), litotes is expression of one’s meaning by saying something is the direct opposite of one’s thought, it to make someone’s remarks forceful. For
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1) Welcome to my ugly palace 2) .It was no easy matter.
The meaning of the first example is a luxury place, where the king lives with luxurious. The meaning of the second statement is the man always things carefully when problem come, and not makes it simple and easy.
2.2.2.3 Paradox
Paradox is statement which seems to contain two opposite facts but is or may be true (Oxford, 1991:298). Paradox occurs in a statement that at first strikes us as self-contradictory but that on reflection make some sense (Kennedy, 1979: 497). For example:
1) He was dead in the middle of his riches. 2) We just need to move quickly but carefully.
The meaning of the first statement is the man was dead when he was in the top in his riches has much money. The meaning of the second statement is they need to move as fast as possible but carefully. The both of example are contradictory statement because it has make sense.
2.2.2.4 Irony
The last contradictory figurative language is irony, Irony has a meaning that extends beyond its use merely as a figure of speech. According to Diyyani (2004:933), irony almost arises from a contrast or discrepancy between what happens and what has been expected to happen. For example:
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2) Your house is very beautiful because there are so many things on the floor
The meaning of the first example is the employee come too late at the meeting. The meaning of the second statement is the house is very dirty because there are many things in everywhere. The statement above is a contrast between what happens and what has been expected to happen.
2.2.3 Correlative Figurative Language
There are five correlative figurative languages consist of: 2.2.3.1 Metonymy
According to Perrine (1978:57), metonymy is the use of something closely related for the thing actually meant. It is figure of speech which the name of one object is replaced by another which is closely associated with it. For example:
1) Somebody wants your love so open the door. 2) The pen is mightier than the sword.
The meaning of the first sentence is someone falling in love and asking girl for accepting his love. The second example describe not only sword, weapon, knife that can hurt of someone else, but pen can hurt other as sharp as sword. Both sentences is closely related to the thing actually meant.
2.2.3.2 Synecdoche
Synecdoche is the use of part a thing to stand for the whole of it or vice versa (Kennedy, 1979: 479). From the definition above a synecdoche is a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole.
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1) All eyes on me.
2) Well, because Medicare doesn’t cover old ladies falling off of giant bees. Get down.
The meaning of the first example, all of people is looking at her. The meaning of the second statement, Medicare is not always covering all of old ladies of their sickness. The words eyes and giant bees are used to designate a part thing for the whole.
2.2.3.3 Symbol
According to Diyanni (2004:569) symbol is any object or action that represents something beyond its literal self. An apple pie, for example, can represent an American Lifestyle. Natural symbols like light and darkness, fire and water can stand for contradictory things. The meaning of any symbol whether an object, an action, or a gesture, is controlled by its context. A symbol can be defined simply as any object or action that means more than itself. For example:
1) Music is nature’s painkiller. Sing him a song. 2) I’m ready on jail.
The meaning of statement above is the man dislike music, and the meaning of the second sentence, the man is ready with anything happen with him. Because the painkiller and jail here
2.2.3.4 Allusion
Allusion is figurative language that show indirectly forwards a person or even that people have known together (Potter, 1967:145)
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Nazi was a military organization that was leaded by Adolf Hitler, this organization was known as cruel organization, it members might be killed all by the enemies and did not pay attention toward its enemies women, children, old people, all were killed by them.
2.2.3.5 Ellipsis
Ellipsis is figurative language that eliminates word of part of sentence (Potter, 1967: 146)
Example: Fauzi and his father to Kupang (eliminate verb go)
CHAPTER III
RESEARCH METHOD
This chapter explains about the methodology of research that is covering method of data, and data source, technique of data collection, and technique of data analysis.
3.1 Research Approach
Research method presents the methodology which is used by the writer to analyze the data. This is very important to do a research. The writer needs to apply the right method. The method of this research is the descriptive approach. It determined the types of figurative language and described the figurative meaning which is found in Harris Jung songs lyric on album “Salam”. Bogdan and Taylor
in Moleong (1975:5) states that qulaitative methodologies refer to the research produce descripive data: people own written or spoken words observable behaviour. It means that qualitative research is the form of words that produce descriptive data in holistic term. The data of this study are not in the form of number but descriptive and explanation about the Harris Jung song lyrics.
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in qualitative research concern in understanding the result of found data rather than calculate the result of found data. (Moleong, 2009:3)
3.2 Source of Data
The source of data was taken from the first album of Harris Jung’ song
“Salam” that was released on 18 September 2015 in Jakarta. The data of this study is taken from the utterance that is produced by Harris Jung in his songs lyric. In this study the writer used Harris Jung song lyrics on album “SALAM”. consists of SalamAlaikum, My Hero, Good Life, Let me Breathe, Love Who You Are, I promise, You Are My Life, The One, Worth It, and Rasool Allah. The data were taken from sources in website like a sentence, and clause.
The writer needs the source of data to make the analyzation easily. The source of data is song lyric of Salam album by Harris Jung.
3.3 Research Instrument
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3.4 Technique of data collection
In this case the writer used study document as the way to collect the data. Based on Arikunto (1990:321), study document is getting the data about case or variable as note, transcripts, book, magazine, etc.
The writer analyzes Salam Lyric’s to collect the data that deals with this
research. For collecting the data, there are several steps to collect the data, they are:
1. The writer searched the song lyrics of Harris Jung from
http://www.azliriklagu.com or Download lagu Good Life
Harris J mp3. Access on March 6th 2016
2. The writer downloaded song lyrics of Harris Jung by using Internet Download Manager (IDM) and printed them.
3. Reading and Understanding the song lyric of Salam album. 4. Selected the figurative language.
5. Wrote down the data.
6. Arranged data into several parts based on classification.
3.5 Technique of data analysis
In analyzing figurative language of Harris Jung’s song lyrics, the writer uses some steps:
1. Identification
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languages that focuses on literal and non literal meaning to make it easier to classify the data.
2. Classification
The writer classifies each figurative language based on the kinds of figurative languages.
3. Data Analysis
After classifying the figurative language the writer analyzes the data of figurative language that is used in Harris Jung songs in Salam album’s.
The step of analyzing data is presented as follow:
a. Reading and observing the figurative languages which found in this songs.
b. The writer lists the data which found in Salam album.
c. The writer analyzes the literal and figurative meaning to make a clear definition.
3.6 List of Harris Jung’s Song
The writer classifies the data based on the types of figurative language (hyperbole, metaphor, personification, simile, synecdoche, and symbol). The lists of the songs in the “Salam” albums are:
Table 3.6.1 List of the songs in the “SALAM” album
NO TITLE CODE
1 SalamAlaikum S-1
2 My Hero S-2
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4 Let me Breathe S-4
5 Love Who You Are S-5
6 I promise S-6
7 You Are My Life S-7
8 The One S-8
9 Worth It S-9
10 Rasool Allah S-10
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CHAPTER IV
FINDING AND DISCUSSION
This chapter, the writer analyzes the figurative language based on Kennedy’s theory in the first album of Harris Jung’s lyrics. The structure of writing research is present in two steps. First, in findings, the writer analyzes the data found based on the research problems. Second, in discussion section, the writer explains the result of findings.
4.1 Findings
4.1.1 Types of figurative language
4.1.1.1 Types of Metaphor on the song lyric by Harris Jung
No Figurative language Code
1 You were always unselfish and sacrificed Everything you risked to change life Even when there was darkness
You broke the shackles and brought light You called everyone to believe in Allah
S-2 1-5
2 You are my hero
and I’ll keep you safe in my heart
You are my hero
till the end and from the very star
S-2 14-21
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Allah I want to thank You for the good life I leave it all in Your hands, oh
Thank You for the good life, good life
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4 You have been my safety My protector from start’n
There’s no way, no one
Could try replacing you in my heart
S-4 16-19
5 At the way she talks, just how she walks
It’s tearing up her self-esteem
She’s lost in doubt, all she cares about
Is to find a way of fitting in
S-5 14-18
6 Every time that I need you by my side Every time I lose my way in life
You’re my circle of life, compass and guide
There behind me
S-6 6-9
7 O Allah!
Your words light up my heart This connection I felt from the start Never lose fight of my dreams
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Always right there beside me I’m so blessed You’re The One
In my life
Always right there to guide me Giving me strength
You’re The One
4.1.1.2 Types of Hyperbole on the song lyric by Harris Jung
No Figurative language Code
1 I will always hold your love And all your teachings in my heart You called everyone
to believe in Allah
S-2 11-13
2 You brighten up my day
And in my heart you’ll stay
With every breath I take
S-10 15-17
3 I just need a little more space To live my life
And make my own decisions Looking through my eyes, oh
I’m not trying to break your trust
S-4 8-12
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You don’t need to stay up and worry
I’ll be alright
Let me feel naïve, let me paint the sky
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5 You were always unselfish and sacrificed Everything you risked to change life Even when there was darkness
You broke the shackles and brought light You called everyone to believe in Allah
S-2 4-5
6 You’re the mighty all the key
All the inspiration I need And when times get tough I know you’ll stand by me
S-7 6-10
7 Oh you, Came in to this life Brought up as an orphan child
Through a time of deep despair, O Muhammad!
S-10 2-4
8 Rasool’Allah, Habib’Allah
I’m longing for the day I see your face
Rasool’Allah, Habib’Allah
Your light is always showing me the way
S-10 46-49
9 Eyes that could light up any soul You became the Chosen One
To proclaim the world of God, O Muhammad!
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4.1.1.3 Types of Personification on the song lyric by Harris Jung
No Figurative language Code
1 There are days when I just don’t want to talk And your feelings hit a wall
But that won’t change
The love you’ve raised inside this family
S-6 15-18
2 6am, when he wakes up 06:00, He wipes the sleep from his eyes Another day, at school again Weighing heavy upon his mind
S-5 1-4
3 You can try and turn off the sun I’m still going to shine away, yeah
And tell everyone
S-1 1-3
4 Spread peace on the earth
Cherish the love that is around us Spread peace on the earth
Treasure the love, let it surround us
S-1 17-20
5 I know you’ve walked in my shoes
And get just what I’m feeling
I know you’ve brought me up
To always do the right thing
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4.1.1.4 Types of Simile on the song lyric by Harris Jung
No Figurative language Code
1 ‘Cause everyday is like a brand new story With unwritten lines
And no matter the weather It's going, going to be alright
S-3 7-10
2 Don’t ever forget to love Keep loving who you are
Don’t ever forget you shine
Shining like a star
S-5 9-12
3 I’ll put you first, hold you close
Like you taught me
Know that I’ll be there for you, for you
S-6 10-13
4 When I learnt for the first time I know my heart wasn’t prepared
For just how much You’d mean to me
But Allah, how I know now That a life without You there Is like a bird without its wings
S-9 1-6
5 It’s way too late, but I’m still wide-awake ‘Cause I can’t sleep yet, I can’t sleep yet
Got a thousand words,
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That won’t stop running circles
Around in my head, around in my head
Sometimes I feel just like these days and nights will never end
But will I ever get this chance again
6 I’m on the path now I’m running like a circuit
Got my dreams in sight and I’m ready for the fight Now it’s time to put all of the work in, yeah!
S-10 26-28
4.1.1.5 Types of Synecdoche on the song lyric by Harris Jung
No Figurative language Code
1 I know you’ve brought me up To always do the right thing
You don’t need to solve all of my problems
2 She stood, by her mirror
She’s wondering how to fix her scarf
Filled up, with a fear of People staring from afar
S-5 16-19
3 I just want to spread love and peace And all of my happiness, yeah To everyone I that meet
Cause I'm feeling spectacular
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4. 1.1.6 Types of Symbol on the song lyric by Harris Jung
No Figurative language Code
1 You are my hero
and you’ll always be the best part
Of every single day I will follow you
S-2 19-21
2 Even when there was darkness
You broke the shackles and brought light You called everyone to believe in Allah
S-2 3-6
3 Forever I won’t be afraid With You right here I’ll be OK
‘Cause everything about You is the truth
Whenever I call out Your Name
S-9 21-24
4.1.2 An Analysis Meaning of Figurative Language Used in Harris Jung’s Song Lyric
4.1.2.1 Metaphor
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Song 2: My Hero
You were always unselfish and sacrificed Everything you risked to change life Even when there was darkness
You broke the shackles and brought light You called everyone to believe in Allah
The bold sentence is metaphor. The singer uses metaphor in this lyric. The word “everything” is compared with the word “change life”. The singer uses the word “everything” is abstract that we cannot know what it is. We can interpret
everything depend on context. In this context “everything” means life. He will use some way to change good life thereafter. In this lyric, the singer describes his admiration to the greatness of the prophet Muhammad SAW. The second datum is also metaphor, and it is explained below.
Song 2: My Hero You are my hero
and I’ll keep you safe in my heart You are my hero
till the end and from the very star
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finds the third data in Harris Jung album lyrics that contains metaphor of figurative language. The data is explained below.
S-3: Good life
Thank You for the good life, good life Allah I want to thank You for the good life I leave it all in Your hands, oh
Thank You for the good life, good life
The bold sentence above is a metaphor. We can see the word from third lines “leave” is compared with the word “hands”. The singer uses the word leave is a verb, while hands is a noun that can move and part of body. Usually someone leaves because he wants to pursue something or avoid something that may not be preferable. But in this sentence, the singer puts all his life going on around the world to the Almighty Allah SWT who has been giving a good life. The writer also finds metaphor in the next song.
S-4: Let Me Breathe You have been my safety My protector from start’n There’s no way, no one
Could try replacing you in my heart
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no one can change the love of children to their parents until they convince to them until they grow get mature. Then, the writer finds data that contains metaphor also. The data is explained below.
S-5: Love Who You Are
At the way she talks, just how she walks
It’s tearing up her self-esteem
She’s lost in doubt, all she cares about
Is to find a way of fitting in
This data is included in metaphor. We can see from the bold sentence. This sentence shows that we must believe in ourselves on how we meet and greet people around us with a good appearance and behaviour. The writer also finds metaphor in the next data. It is explained below.
S-6: I Promise
Every time that I need you by my side Every time I lose my way in life
You’re my circle of life, compass and guide There behind me.
The bold sentence is metaphor. We can see from the word “life”. This word compares with “Circle”, “compass”, “guide”. The word “Circle”, “compass”, “guide” are sign of guidance. In this context, the singer describes his
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S-7: You Are My Life O Allah!
Your words light up my heart This connection I felt from the start Never lose fight of my dreams
This data is metaphor. We can see from the bold sentences above. There are two sentences that they are metaphor. They have correlation meanings. In this data, as if the singer tells to Allah immediately about his condition that Al-Quran is as his guidance. Al-Quran is as his connection between the singer and Allah. He also has felt that Al-Quran exists since he was born. The explanation below is about the metaphor.
S-9: The One You are The One In my life
Always right there beside me I’m so blessed You’re The One In my life
The data above is metaphor of figurative language. We can see from the bold sentence. The singer means that Allah is the one who creates the universe for his life. The singer tells that because his loving for Allah. So, we can know what the singer felt that there is no one who guiding except Allah who is guiding to right way and he also feels Allah is always besides him. The writer also finds other figurative language in Harris Jung’s Album lyrics like Hyperbole. It is
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4.1.2.2 Hyperbole
Hyperbole, derived from a Greek word meaning “over-casting” is a figure
of speech, which involves an exaggeration or over statements of the ideas for the sake of emphasis. Based on Perrin (1974:650) says hyperbole is a way to say our idea or feeling in the form of exaggeration to the truth to make interested the hearer or the reader. Here the writer found some hyperboles that is used in the song lyric by Harris Jung, they are:
S-2: My Hero
I will always hold your love And all your teachings in my heart You called everyone to believe in Allah
The data is hyperbole. We can see from the bold sentence above. The sentence tells that the singer will always believe to Allah, he emphasizes that he will always hold Allah blessing by Al-Quran as his guidance. By Allah blessing, the singer feels that the Holy Al-Quran guides him to right away and Allah give his love for human and also Allah shows that all human in the world to believe in him. It shows that Allah is The Power one. The next data still in the type of figurative language, and we can see in the following below.
S-2: My Hero
You were always unselfish and sacrificed Everything you risked to change life Even when there was darkness
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You called everyone to believe in Allah
This data is hyperbole. We can see from the bold sentence above. In the bold sentence, the singer tells that Muhammad brings human from meanness to lightness. Allah gives blessing for every human and takes up any degree of human through Muhammad. So, we can know that the singer on this song tells that Rasulullah or Muhammad is the one who helps, rescues and asks for human to believe in Allah. Below is the hyperbole data, we can get more understanding about hyperbole to see the next data.
S-4: Let Me Breathe If I say I will
You don’t need to stay up and worry I’ll be alright
Let me feel naïve, let me paint the sky
The bold sentence is hyperbole. We can see from the word “naive” and
“paint the sky”. As we know that the singer feels naive and asks for the parent to
let him walking on life in the world by himself. Most of people know that “paint in the sky” is walking on life in the world. Then, the writer also finds hyperbole in the next data.
S-7: You Are My Life
You’re the might all the key
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The bold sentence is hyperbole. We can see the phrase “the mighty” is
followed by “the key”. It is impossible for human being in the world to
understand about “key”. It means that Allah is the one who giving guidance for human being to walk on their life in the universe. For the next datum is also hyperbole. We can see the different meaning of hyperbole in other sentence of Harris Jung in album lyrics. The hyperbole data analysis is below.
S-10: Rasool Allah
Oh you, came in to this life Brought up as an orphan child
Through a time of deep despair, O Muhammad!
This sentence is hyperbole. We can see the phrase that the writer makes it bold. In this phrase, the singer tells that Muhammad comes to this life as the last prophet to bring human being from the darkness to the lightness. He is a rescuer for human being, he is Muhammad. The next data of hyperbole is explained below.
S-10: Rasool Allah
Eyes that could light up any soul You became the Chosen One
To proclaim the world of God, O Muhammad!
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condition and show human about Allah essay. The next datum is also hyperbole, and it is explained below.
S-10: Rasool Allah
You brighten up my day
And in my heart you’ll stay
With every breath I take
This sentence is hyperbole. We can see from the bold sentence. The singer tells that Rasool Allah shows the bright away everyday and we believe in Rasool Allah. So, we can know that Rasool Allah is as guide us for our life, we believe that Muhammad is Allah’s messenger. The last hyperbole can be seen from more
explanation below.
S-10: Rasool Allah Rasool’Allah, Habib’Allah
I’m longing for the day I see your face Rasool’Allah, Habib’Allah
Your light is always showing me the way
This sentence is also hyperbole. We can look at the phrase “Your light”, which means Rasool Allah. Then, this phrase is followed by the elements of sentence “is always showing me the way”. We can know that Rasool Allah guides
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4.1.2.3 Personification
The writer discovers five sentences that contains of personification. These sentences are categorized as personification, because personification is a figurative comparison endowing inanimate things with human qualities based on Kennedy (1979:495) Personification is a figure of speech in which a thing, an animal, or an abstract term (truth or nature) is made human. The writer found some personifications that are used in the song lyric by Harris Jung “Salam” album. The following are the data of personification.
S-1: SalamAlaikum
You can try and turn off the sun I’m still going to shine away, yeah
And tell everyone
This sentence is included in personification. We can see from the bold sentence above. It means that Allah is the One who turns off the sun because Allah is The Power. The second datum, the writer also explains personification. It is explained below.
S-1: SalamAlaikum Spread peace on the earth Cherish the love that is around us Spread peace on the earth
Treasure the love, let it surround us
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From this phrase, the singer tells that SalamAlaikum has spread peace on the earth. It is a symbol for moslem in the universe. It is as unifier for us as human in the world. Then, the next data is also personification, and it is explained below.
S-4: Let Me Breathe
I know you’ve walked in my shoes
And get just what I’m feeling I know you’ve brought me up To always do the right thing
This sentence is personification. We can see from the bold sentence “I know you’ve walked in my shoes”. It means that the singer knows that his parent
had given knowledge to guide his life. It can be seen from the sentence “you’ve walked in my shoes”. We know most of people know that “my shoes” on this sentence means life. Then, the next datum is personification, and it is explained below.
S-5: Love Who You Are 6 am, when he wakes up 06:00 He wipes the sleep from his eyes Another day, at school again
Weighing heavy upon his mind
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mind”. So, we know that the singer tells that he is so hard to think for his life.
Then, the last datum of personification is explained below.
S-6: I Promise
There are days when I just don’t want to talk
And your feelings hit a wall But that won’t change
The love you’ve raised inside this family
This sentence is personification. It can be seen at from the bold sentence. We can see the phrase “your feelings”, which means “father’s saying”. Then, it is followed by verb phrase “hita wall”. It is impossible that feelings can hit a wall. It means that his father’s saying can hurt his heart. So, we can know that “hit a wall”
is “hurt to heart”. The next figurative language is simile, and it is explained
below.
4.1.2.4 Simile
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S-3: GOOD LIFE
Cause everyday is like a brand new story With unwritten lines
And no matter the weather It's going, going to be alright
This sentence is simile, because the singer compares between the word “everyday” and “brand new story” with phrase “like” one of the sign simile is
“like”. The word “brand new story” in the lyric means new life in world. The
singer in this lyric by good life in the universe, we must do everything well because every day is new story that we do not know what is happened. Then the writer continues to the next data with the same figurative language.
S-5: Love Who You Are Don’t ever forget to love Keep loving who you are Don’t ever forget you shine Shining like a star
The second data uses simile. We can see from phrase “like” as comparison between the verb “shining” and “star”. The sentence has meaning that we must be
confident. If we are confident, we can shine like a star in the sky. For the next data is still same simile, we see explanation more below.
S-6: I Promise
I promise anytime you call me It don’t matter where I am
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The third data uses phrase “like” same with the previous data as sign of
simile. Here, simile compares word “be”and “been” that explain about time. The
singer has meaning that he will reply all kindness of his parent who taking him care since he was a child till now. Simile is also explained below.
S-6: I Promise
I’ll put you first, hold you close Like you taught me
Know that I’ll be there for you, for you
This data correlates with the previous data. This sentence is simile. We can see from the bold sentence above. The singer means he will obey to his parents who have taught kindness in the universe and the hereafter. The writer also finds the simile type of figurative language. The data of simile is explained below.
S-9: The One
When I learnt for the first time I know my heart wasn’t prepared For just how much You’d mean to me But Allah, how I know now
That a life without You there Is like a bird without its wings
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for children since they were born and adult. It is like bird without wings. Other data is explained below.
S-10: Worth it
It’s way too late, but I’m still wide-awake ‘Cause I can’t sleep yet, I can’t sleep yet Got a thousand words,
That won’t stop running circles
Around in my head, around in my head
Sometimes I feel just like these days and nights will never end But will I ever get this chance again?
The bold sentence is simile. It can be seen from the bold sentence above. This sentence contains the sign of simile “like”. We can understand that the singer
feels that the time will not ever stop to rotate although he can correct his wrong that he is ever done in the universe. The next data is explained below.
S-10: Worth It
I’m on the path now I’m running like a circuit
Got my dreams in sight and I’m ready for the fight Now it’s time to put all of the work in, yeah!
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4.1.2.5 Synecdoche
In this study, the writer discovers synecdoche of figurative language. The writer finds seven data that is included in synecdoche. Synecdoche is a part is used to designate the whole. (Siswantoro, 2002: 39). The writer found some synecdoches that are used in the song lyrics by Harris Jung, the data is analyzed below.
S-3: Let Me Breath
I just need a little more space To live my life
And make my own decisions Looking through my eyes, oh
This data is synecdoche. The sentence “I just need a little more space to live my life”. We cannot interpret the word one by one of the word because it has
relation to each other. This sentence means his thinking that to walk in our life needs a time. The second datum is also synecdoche, it is explained below.
S-5: Love Who You Are She stood, by her mirror
She’s wondering how to fix her scarf Filled up, with a fear of
People staring from afar
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4.3.1.6 Symbol
The writer discovers four data that contains of symbol. These data are categorized as symbol, because symbol is any object or action that represents something beyond its literal self (Diyanni, 2004:569). Symbol is something that means more than it is. The writer found some symbols that are used in the song lyrics by Harris Jung. The following are the data of symbol.
S-2: My Hero You are my hero
and you’ll always be the best part of every single day
I will follow you
This data is included in symbol, because the bold sentence is symbol. We can see from the word “follow” is symbol. In this lyric, the singer explains that “I will follow you”. It means that he will follow all commands and avoid what is forbidden as Muhammad preached. Then, the writer also explains about symbol below.
S-2: My Hero
Even when there was darkness
You broke the shackles and brought light You called everyone to believe in Allah
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life by losing the stupidest and brings the light to make good universe like right now. The next data is also symbol. It is explained below.
S-9: The One
‘Cause everything about You is the truth Whenever I call out Your Name
Lift up my hands, bow down to pray I feel so good, it’s all because of you.
This data is also symbol. We can see from the bold sentence above. It means everything in the world is created by Allah by all the truth although human being in the world feels calm and believes in Allah.
4.2 Discussion
Based on the data analysis, the writer finds the types of figurative languages that are used by Harris Jung in the first album “Salam” that contains ten songs. There are six types of figurative languages that are used by Harris Jung’s song lyrics. The song of Harris J uses many types of figurative languages to make the sentence more beauty and more interesting. In The song of Harris Jung’s “Salam” album do not use all types of figurative languages. The writer just found
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synecdoches. Totally, the figurative language that is used in The Harris J songs is 48 types.
From the data analysis above, the writer found the dominant and the least of figurative languages that are used in the song lyric by Harris Jung. The dominant figurative languages that are used in the song lyric by Harris Jung “Salam” album is hyperbole. The least figurative languages that is used in the
song lyric by Harris Jung “Salam” album are synecdoche and symbol.
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CHAPTER V
CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION 5.1 Conclusion
This chapter presents the conclusion of the research based on the analysis and discussion explained in the previous chapter. It includes types of figurative language used by Harris Jung’s songs and the figurative meaning that used by the singer. The
conclusion is formulated below.
From the first statement problem, there are six types of figurative languages used by Harris Jung’s song lyrics, the writer finds the types of figurative languages
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From the second statement problem, the writer also describes the meaning of types of figurative language in every finding data of simile, hyperbole, personification, symbol, metaphor, and synecdoche. The meaning of the figurative language of metaphor is the singer describes his wonderfulness for every parent who guides their children’s life to right away; by the lyric “You’re my circle of life,
compass and guide, There behind me”. Second, the meaning of the figurative
language of hyperbole, the singer on this song tells that Rasulullah or Muhammad is the one who helps, rescues and asks for human to believe in Allah, by the lyric “You
broke the shackles and brought light, You called everyone to believe in Allah”.
Third, the meaning of the figurative language of personification by the lyric “You
can try and turn off the sun”. It means that Allah is the one who turns off the sun
because Allah is The Power. Fourth, the meaning of the figurative language of simile by the lyric “Don’t ever forget you shine, Shining like a star”. The sentence has meaning that we must be confident. If we are confident, we can shine like a star in the sky. Fifth, the meaning of figurative language of synecdoche by the lyric “I just need
a little more space, To live my life” This sentence means his thinking that to walk in
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From previous study and this research, the writer hopes this research can give contribution to develop our knowledge about linguistic, especially in semantic field. Afterward, the writer hopes that this research can enrich our knowledge about figure of speech where the people can develop their ability to concentrate in interpreting the sentence to make a good interpretation.
5.2 Suggestion
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