AN ANALYSIS OF CONOTATIVE IN ENGLISH SONG LYRICS OF TAYLOR SWIFT IN “RED ALBUM”

ANISAH, SEPTIYANI (2023) AN ANALYSIS OF CONOTATIVE IN ENGLISH SONG LYRICS OF TAYLOR SWIFT IN “RED ALBUM”. Diploma thesis, UIN RADEN INTAN LAMPUNG.

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Abstract

ABSTRACT This research discussed about connotative meanings in famous song lyrics by Taylor Swift entitled “Red, Everything Has Changed, and All Too Well”. The objective of this research was to describe the connotative meaning presented by Taylor Swift in her song lyrics and then, find out the real meaning. This research was focused on analyzing the connotative meaning found in “Red, Everything Has Changed, and All Too Well” by Taylor Swift, such as the dominant and the real meaning of the connotative meaning. This research had answered several problems including the dominant and the real meaning of connotative meaning in “Red, Everything Has Changed, and All Too Well” songs by Taylor Swift. Descriptive qualitative method was used in this research. The process of data analysis needed a detailed description based on the characteristics of the connotative meaning. The theory was used as the basis for data analysis was Wardaugh‟s theory, which about the explanation of connotative meaning. The data were collected through a transcribe process then continued to observed and identified the data based on the Wardaugh‟s theory, collected the data, and then, found the real meaning of connotative meaning. The result of this research showed that 21 sentences used connotative meanings in all song lyrics of “Red, Everything Has Changed, and All Too Well” songs by Swift. The dominant song that contained connotative meaning was Red which had 9 sentences that used connotative meanings, then, the second one was Everything Has Changed which had 7 sentences that used connotative meaning. Lastly, All Too Well had 5 sentences that contained connotative meanings. There are 9 of the data above belonged to positive connotation and 12 to negative connotation. Keywords: Connotative Meaning, Rolland Wardaugh, Song Lyrics, Taylor Swift.

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