Figurative Language Found In Harry Styles’ Song Lyrics

Authors

  • I Kadek Risky Yusadana Putra Mahasaraswati Denpasar University
  • Ida Bagus Gde Nova Winarta Mahasaraswati Denpasar University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21111/ijelal.v3i1.8534

Keywords:

Figurative language, lyric, song

Abstract

Figurative language is a language that conveys thoughts or feelings in different forms to obtain effects and to emphasize certain meanings. This study describes the analysis of figurative language in Harry Styles’ song lyrics. The purpose of this study was 1) to determine the type of figurative language in Harry Styles’ songs using the theory of Knickerbocker & Reninger (1963) and 2) to explain the meaning of the figurative language contained in it (Leech, 1981). The data sources were obtained from 10 Harry Styles songs that have the highest number of viewers on their YouTube channel. This research used the descriptive qualitative method to analyze data and the observation method in collecting research data. From the results of the analysis, there are ten types of figurative language in thirty-four sentences of the data. They are simile (1 sentence, 2.94%), metaphor (5 sentences, 14.70%), personification (5 sentences, 14.70%), synecdoche (1 sentence, 2.94%), metonymy (3 sentences, 8.82%, hyperbole (14 sentences, 41.18%), irony (2 sentences, 5.90%), paradox (1 sentence, 2.94%), dead metaphor (1 sentence, 2.94%), and allusion (1 sentence, 2.94%)

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Published

2022-12-29

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1 (2022): The Contribution of Literature and Applied Linguistics in English Learning

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