The Sadness Portrayed in Taylor Swift’s Selected Songs: A Semantic Analysis of Non Literal Meaning
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2019Author
Keliat, Windi Riahna
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Deliana
Rangkuti, Rahmadsyah
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This thesis is entitled “The Sadness Portrayed in Taylor Swift‟s Selected Songs: A Semantic Analysis of Non Literal Meaning”. It discusses about denotative meaning in seven Taylor Swift‟s selected songs which are chosen randomly. The method of research applied in this study is qualitative method. This analysis is done due to the songs expression about meanings that underlying behind the lyrics that the composer really want to say in her songs. From the analysis of the data, the writer found six types of non – literal meaning or figurative meaning in the lyrics of Taylor Swift‟s songs they are: metaphor (30,3%), hyperbole (30,3%), simile (6,1%), metonymy (12,1%), synecdoche (6,1%), and personification (15,1%). In terms of sadness, the songs contained dampened mood (46,2%), lethargy (11,5%), withdrawal from other (7,7%), quietness (23,1%), and crying (11,5%). The results indicate that these Taylor Swift‟s songs used lyrics that contain of figurative meaning to beautify the songs with sadness theme in order to make the lyrics meaningful. Skripsi ini berjudul “The Sadness Portrayed in Taylor Swift‟s Selected Songs: A Semantic Analysis of Non Literal Meaning”. Pembahasan tentang makna denotative dalam 7 lagu Taylor Swift yang dipilih secara acak untuk memahami makna yang ingin disampaikan oleh penulis dalam lirik lagu yang dibuatnya. Pengetahuan tentang makna sebuah lagu sangatlah penting dalam menikmati sebuah lagu. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah metode kualitatif. Dari analisis data penulis menemukan 6 tipe makna non – literal atau makna figuratif yang ada dalam lagu Taylor Swift, yaitu: metaphor (30,3%), hyperbole (30,3%), simile (6,1%), metonymy (12,1%), synecdoche (6,1%), dan personification (15,1%). Hasil penelitian juga menunjukkan sadness yang terdapat dalam lagu-lagunya, yaitu dampened mood (46,2%), lethargy (11,5%), withdrawal from other (7,7%), quietness (23,1%), dan crying (11,5%). Temuan menunjukan bahwa lagu Taylor Swift banyak menggunakan lirik yang mengandung makna khiasan untuk memperindah dan membuat lagu tersebut lebih berwarna dalam hal penyusunan lirik dan makna lagu itu sendiri.
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