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Thesis Title: Semantics Lyrical Meaning in You Are The Reason Song by Calum Scott. Be defended before the Board of Examiners and accepted as part of the requirements to obtain the Sarjana Sastra (S.S) at Sastra Inggris Universitas Bina Sarana Informatika. This paper has been submitted to Sastra Inggris of Universitas Bina Sarana Informatika in partial fulfillment of the requirements for Strata One.
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INTRODUCTION
However, he is best known for his 2017 song You Are the Reason, which also inspired the writer to analyze the semantic meaning of the song in this dissertation due to the deep and meaningful lyrics contained in the song. The reason why the writer chose to analyze the semantic meaning of the song You Are the Reason by Calum Scott is because linguistics is an interesting field to study. By analyzing the song from a linguistic and semantic perspective, the writer aims to show the possibilities of meaning behind a song, and show how purposeful linguistics is as a field of study in English as a language used by the general population of the song. the earth.
There are several objectives of this dissertation as intended by the writer at the time of writing. The procedure followed in creating this article is that the writer first listens to as many songs as possible. The writer then becomes curious about the deeper meaning behind a song that the writer particularly likes, in this case You Are the Reason by Calum Scott.
The writer then underlined the lines from the song as presented by Calum Scott and used them as evidence.
THEORETICAL REVIEW
- Linguistics
- Semantics
- Types of Semantic Meaning
- Song
- Song Lyrics
- Relevant Studies
Humboldt, known as one of the founders of modern linguistics, considered language to be the central human science, inseparable from culture and thought. While microlinguistics is divided into some division, they are Morphology, Phonetics, Phonology, Syntax, Semantics, Sociolinguistics and Pragmatics. literature mostly refers to works of the creative imagination, including poetry, drama, fiction and non-fiction. It may be more accurate to define it as the study of the relationship between linguistic form and meaning.” From this statement it can be concluded that semantics is the study of meaning and is also the study of the relationship between linguistic form, in this case words, and meaning behind them.
In addition, (Qurrat'ain and Triyono, 2019) adds that "semantics refers to the study of the meaning of words, it tries to focus on lexical and contextual meaning." This statement means that semantics is the study of the meaning of words, which is then divided into two, lexical and contextual meaning. According to Fromkin in (Qurrat'ain and Triyono, 2019), lexical meaning is an expression that uses the meaning of a word based on words from a dictionary, while contextual meaning depends on the context of the conversation or setting. Collocative meaning consists of associations formed by a word as a result of the meaning of words that often appear in its surroundings.
To conclude the statements of the three experts mentioned above: singing is a combination of sounds, usually a combination of one or more instrumental sounds and organic sounds to form a harmonious melodic sequence. The message that the author wanted to spread with his songs can almost always be found in the lyrics of the song itself. Tambayong in (Nugraha et al., 2021) describes the lyrics as “Acuan verbal dari suatu musik yang dapat mengunjukkan kemahiran si pencipta musik berkreasi di dalam dimensi kebahasaan suatu musik, dan om memahaminya seseorang perlu menyimak baris demi baris, larik demi larik dari lirik lagu short but powerful.” This statement can be roughly translated as 'Lyrics are the verbal reference of a song that can show the songwriter's skill in creating within the language dimension of a song, and to understand that you have to analyze line after line and row after row . in the song.” To draw a conclusion from this statement, the lyrics are an important verbal reference that shows the songwriter's skill in conveying the intended message through the delicacy and complexity of the lyrics.
Meanwhile, (Mulyati, 2020), describes the song text as "In a song text, language is a media to express the ideas, thoughts and experiences of the author. Through the use of unusual words that carry meaning, the lyrics are able to convey the deep meaning hidden within the lines and lines of the lyrics. Each of her findings is then categorized into one of seven available types of semantic meaning.
In the results, there are 35 lexical meanings and 14 contextual meanings stored in the lyrics of the song 7 Years. This paper aims to find out the most frequent current theme in the song lyrics.
ANALYSIS
The Song’s Profile
Because you're the reason I'm losing sleep. Please come back now And my mind is running wild. And swim every ocean Just to be with you And fix what I've broken Oh, because I need to see you. I don't want to hide anymore. I don't want to cry anymore. Come back. I need you to hold me. you are the reason).
Semantic Analysis of You Are the Reason
To clarify the context, the writer will hereby attach the full lyrics of the song in this section. However, not every type is present in Calum Scott's song You Are the Reason. The social meaning type is not shown because there is no indication of any social milieu in the texts.
As previously explained in the song profile sub-chapter, the song You Are the Reason is a romantic song, full of loving words expressed by Calum Scott to the unknown significant other he refers to throughout the song.
Discussion
This data is taken from the sixth line of the song and again, states that. This data is taken from the twentieth line of the lyrics of You are the Reason. The reason why this data is categorized as conceptual meaning is because every part of this sentence is in line with what is stated in the dictionary.
This data is similar to the previous and following data, in this case the sentence obeys the meaning from the dictionary and does not fluctuate beyond the context. The meaning is very direct and conceptual, thus, making these data fall into the conceptual category. This data is taken from the fifth verse of the lyrics of the song You Are the Reason, sung by Calum Scott.
This data is taken from the ninth line, and the first data with triple category, falls in the thematic, connotative and reflected meaning. Making this data thus falls into connotative because of the "out of context" element hidden in this line. This data is taken from the seventeenth line of the song, and it shows the connotative meaning almost directly.
These data fall under the connotative and the thematic categories, but will be reviewed from the connotative perspective in this section. The reason the author places this data in the collocative category is because of the keyword sleep. The reason the writer included this data as two categories, in affective and collocative, is because the line is beautiful.
This data is taken from the last line of the song, the 29th line. This data is taken from the ninth line of the lyrics, where it divides several categories between thematic, connotative and reflected meaning. This data is taken from the tenth line of the lyrics, where it divides several categories between thematic, connotative and reflected meaning.
This data comes from the twentieth line of the song and falls into two available categories, namely the connotative meaning and the thematic meaning.
CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
Suggestion
This section will serve to provide suggestions for future researchers conducting similar research to this paper. When analyzing a song, be sure to listen carefully to the song to capture the atmosphere of the song and the emotion of the singer to determine the type of meaning. Understanding the context of a line within the lyric is a must to understand its meaning.
Reading journals and similar articles, even reliable websites, is a matter of course to understand about a particular topic. In this case, linguistics as a scientific field of a language will constantly develop from time to time, the amount of researchers in the field will often bring new definitions and insights regarding some things. The author also accepts suggestions from the readers of this paper through the contact information that will be included in the curriculum vitae section.
Colloquial implication in Beauty and the Beast directed by Bill Condon. Wanastra: Jurnal Bahasa dan Sastra.
