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AN ANALYSIS OF METAPHOR IN ONE DIRECTION ALBUM

Journal of Teaching of English · Vol. 4 No. 2 (2019) · pp. 239–251

ISSN
2548-6810
Published
2019-06-29
Publisher
Universitas Halu Oleo
Language
eng

Abstract

Lyrics in song are intended to send a message to the audience or music lovers. Composers use figurative language as the media to convey their message. One of the figurative languages that is mostly used in song’s lyrics is Metaphor. This study was intended to investigate the types of metaphor used in One Direction Album. The objective of this study to identify the types of metaphor found in the song lyrics and to analyze metaphor meaning in One Direction song. This study adopted a descriptive qualitative research design. Three songs by One Direction had been chosen as the data of this study; Story of My Life, Steal My Girl and Drag Me Down. The data were analyzed its metaphor by using Lakoff and Johnson theory, while in investigating the meaning, Chaer’s theory of contextual meaning was used. The result of the study showed that based on the three types of metaphor, structural metaphor becomes the most frequently used in the song lyrics, meanwhile 2 of 3 songs used all of the three types of metaphor; Orientation, Structural and Ontological Metaphor. In answering the second research question about the meaning of each metaphor, each lyric has been analyzed through content analysis to know the true meaning of what the song writer want to express in his/her lyrics and each lyric has different contextual meaning which is elaborated further in this study. Keywords: Metaphor, Meaning, One Direction’s Album

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Alberth AlberthAffiliation unknown4
Zalili SailanAffiliation unknown3
Aris BadaraUniversitas Halu Oleo2
Mursalim MursalimAffiliation unknown2
Nurindah NurindahUniversitas Halu Oleo2
Firdaus SaleUniversitas Halu Oleo2
Desy Liliani HusainUniversitas Halu Oleo1
Amiruddin RahimAffiliation unknown1
Aswira BahidinAffiliation unknown1
Asrun LaksanaAffiliation unknown1
Sartiah DPAffiliation unknown1
Ramdhani Nur Fithrah JiwaAffiliation unknown1
Faridh HidayatAffiliation unknown1
Safriyadin SafriyadinAffiliation unknown1
Sarwo Zulfahmi MDAffiliation unknown1
Carlina AmriAffiliation unknown1
Muhammad KurniawanAffiliation unknown1
Riskawati RiskawatiAffiliation unknown1
Amirudin RahimAffiliation unknown1
Asma Wati NditaAffiliation unknown1
Kusuma WardhaniAffiliation unknown1
Kusmarlin RiruAffiliation unknown1
Nilda Iman SyahraniAffiliation unknown1
Muhammad Khusnun MuhsinAffiliation unknown1
Marliyanti MarliyantiAffiliation unknown1
Lelly SuhartiniUniversitas Halu Oleo1
Inggit PrawidyaAffiliation unknown1
Amrin AmrinAffiliation unknown1
Wa Ode FatimahAffiliation unknown1
Siam SiamUniversitas Halu Oleo1
I Ketut Yudhi WidyanggaraAffiliation unknown1
Rohmana RohmanaUniversitas Halu Oleo1
Irda Juni WardaningsihAffiliation unknown1

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