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AN ANALYSIS OF METAPHOR IN ONE DIRECTION ALBUM Agustin, Tuti Dwi; Tanduklangi, Amri; Sapan, Yulius Tandi
Journal of Teaching English Vol 4, No 3 (2019): Journal of Teaching English
Publisher : Universitas Halu Oleo

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (92.891 KB) | DOI: 10.36709/jte.v4i3.4862

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Lyrics in song are intended to send a message to the audience ormusic lovers. Composers use figurative language as the media toconvey their message. One of the figurative languages that is mostlyused in song’s lyrics is Metaphor. This study was intended toinvestigate the types of metaphor used in One Direction Album. Theobjective of this study to identify the types of metaphor found in thesong lyrics and to analyze metaphor meaning in One Direction song.This study adopted a descriptive qualitative research design. Threesongs 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 wereanalyzed its metaphor by using Lakoff and Johnson theory, while ininvestigating the meaning, Chaer’s theory of contextual meaningwas used. The result of the study showed that based on the threetypes of metaphor, structural metaphor becomes the most frequentlyused in the song lyrics, meanwhile 2 of 3 songs used all of the threetypes of metaphor; Orientation, Structural and OntologicalMetaphor. In answering the second research question about themeaning of each metaphor, each lyric has been analyzed throughcontent analysis to know the true meaning of what the song writerwant to express in his/her lyrics and each lyric has differentcontextual meaning which is elaborated further in this study.1Keywords: Metaphor, Meaning, One Direction’s Album
AN ANALYSIS OF METAPHOR IN ONE DIRECTION ALBUM Agustin, Tuti Dwi; Tanduklangi, Amri; Sapan, Yulius Tandi
Journal of Teaching of English Vol 4, No 2 (2019): Journal of Teaching of English
Publisher : Universitas Halu Oleo

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.36709/jte.v4i2.13924

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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