AN ANALYSIS OF METAPHORICAL EXPRESSION OF SIA’S SONG LYRICS IN “THIS IS ACTING” ALBUM

FADHILA, NAFI TAQQIYA (2023) AN ANALYSIS OF METAPHORICAL EXPRESSION OF SIA’S SONG LYRICS IN “THIS IS ACTING” ALBUM. Diploma thesis, UIN RADEN INTAN LAMPUNG.

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Abstract

ABSTRACT This research discussed about metaphorical expression in famous song lyrics by Sia entitled “Alive, Bird Set Free, and Unstoppable”. The objective of this research was to find out the types and meaning of the metaphorical expression presented by Sia. This research was focused on analyzing the metaphorical expression found in “Alive, Bird Set Free, and Unstoppable” by Sia, such as the type and the meaning of the metaphorical expression. This research had answered several problems including the types, the dominant and the meaning of metaphorical expression in “Alive, Bird Set Free, and Unstoppable” songs by Sia. Descriptive qualitative method was used in this research. The process of data analysis needed a detailed description based on the characteristics of the metaphorical expression. The theory was used as the basis for data analysis was Lakoff and Johnson, which about the type of the metaphorical expression, such as structural, orientational, and ontological metaphor. The data were collected through a transcribe process then continued to identify and classify the data based on the type, dominant, and the meaning of the metaphorical expression. The result of this research showed that 50 metaphorical expressions were found in all song lyrics in“Alive, Bird Set Free, and Unstoppable” songs by Sia. Based on the two research problems, there were 3 types of metaphorical expression in Sia‟s song lyrics; structural metaphor appeared 26 times with total percentage 52%, orientational metaphor appeared 19 times with total percentage 38%, and ontological metaphor appeared 5 times with total percentage 10%. Then, it was found that the dominant of the metaphorical expression; structural metaphor which used 26 times totally. Keywords: Metaphor, Lakoff and Johnson, Source Domain, Target Domain, Song Lyrics

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