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    Figurative Expressions Found in Ed Sheeran’s Album X: A Semantic Analysis

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    2016
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    Akbar, Rizqy Aldilini
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    Lubis, Syahron
    Syafi’ie, Mohammad
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    The thesis entitled “Figurative Expression Found in Ed Sheeran’ album X: A Semantic Analysis.” This thesis explains about definitions, goals, scopes, sense, reference, meaning and figurative expressions which specifically discusses about figurative expressions found in Ed Sheeran’ album X. The theory applied in analyzing the related data is the one proposed by Leech (1969). This theory explains about five types of figurative expressions which are personification, metaphor, simile, synecdoche and metonymy. The methodological research applied in this thesis is descriptive qualitative method. The steps of research are collecting the data, identifying the data, classifying the data, analyzing the data, tabulating the data and drawing conclusion. After conducting such methods, it is found 118 data; 10 (8.47%) of Personifications, 76 (64.41%) of Metaphors, 6 (5.08%) of Similes, 14 (11.86) of Synecdoche, and 12 (10.17) of Metonymies. From the analyzed data, it can be concluded that metaphor becomes the most dominant type of figurative expression occurred in the album.
     
    Skripsi ini berjudul “Figurative Expression Found in Ed Sheeran’s album X: A Semantic Analysys.” Skripsi ini membahas tentang definisi, tujuan, batasan, sense, reference, makna dan majas, dengan topik yang dikhususkan mengenai ulasan majas yang ditemukan di album Ed Sheeran yang berjudul X. Teori yang digunakan dalam menganalisis data adalah teori yang dikemukakan oleh Leech (1969). Teori ini menjelaskan mengenai lima macam majas yaitu personifikasi, metafora, simili, sinekdoke, dan metonimi. Metodologi yang digunakan pada skripsi ini adalah metode deskripsi kualitatif. Tahapan metodologi dalam skripsi ini adalah tahapan pengumpulan data, tahapan pengidentifikasian, tahapan pengklasifikasian, analisis, penghitungan, dan tahapan penarikan kesimpulan. Adapun hasil dari analisis data yaitu data yang telah ditemukan berjumlah 118 data dengan rincian 10 (8.47%) data personifikasi, 76 (64.41%) data metafora, 6 (5.08%) data simili, 14 (11.86) data sinekdoke, and 12 (10.17) data metonimi, dimana dari hasil analisis data, dapat disimpulkan bahwa jenis majas yang paling banyak ditemukan di lagu-lagu yang terdapat di album ini yaitu majas metafora.

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    Repositori Institusi Universitas Sumatera Utara - 2025

    Universitas Sumatera Utara

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    Resource Guide

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    Journal Elektronik Berlangganan

    Buku Elektronik Berlangganan

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