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EXPLORING THE USE OF PHRASAL VERBS IN CELINE DION’S SONG LYRICS Fania K, Ester; Mendrofa , Selviana; Yastanti, Unpris
JR-ELT (Journal of Research in English Language Teaching) Vol. 9 No. 2 (2025): Journal of Research in English Language Teaching
Publisher : English Language Education Program, Faculty of Education and Teacher Training, Sulthan Thaha Saifuddin State Islamic University of Jambi

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30631/11aecs41

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This research aims to analyze the use of phrasal verbs in five selected songs from The Best of Celine Dion album. The study focuses on identifying the types of phrasal verbs and interpreting their contextual meanings within the song lyrics. A descriptive qualitative method was applied with purposive sampling, selecting five songs: The Power of Love, To Love You More, My Heart Will Go on and on, Because You Loved Me, and Then You Look at Me. The collected phrasal verbs were classified based on their structure and grammatical functions, including transitive, intransitive, separable, and inseparable forms. The findings showed a total of 19 phrasal verbs used across the five songs. The Power of Love contained the highest number with 6 occurrences, while My Heart Will Go on and on had the fewest with only 2 occurrences. The phrasal verbs serve to enrich emotional expression in the lyrics, particularly in conveying themes such as loyalty, hope, love, and emotional support within a relationship. This study is expected to contribute to applied linguistic studies, especially in enhancing learners’ understanding of phrasal verb usage in authentic contexts such as song lyrics.
DEIXIS IN FRANK OCEAN’S BLONDE ALBUM : CONSTRUCTING EMOTION AND INDENTITY THROUGH LYRICS Situmorang, Sondang Indah Clara; Yastanti, Unpris
JR-ELT (Journal of Research in English Language Teaching) Vol. 9 No. 2 (2025): Journal of Research in English Language Teaching
Publisher : English Language Education Program, Faculty of Education and Teacher Training, Sulthan Thaha Saifuddin State Islamic University of Jambi

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30631/7cx83391

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This study examines the pragmatic realization of deixis in five selected tracks from Frank Ocean’s Blonde album. The analysis focuses on person, temporal, and spatial deixis to determine how deictic expressions encode emotional stance, identity construction, and relational positioning within the lyrics. The research applies a qualitative descriptive methods , with data obtained through lyric transcription and interpreted using contextual pragmatic analysis.The results indicate that person deixis, especially the oscillation between “I,” “you,” and “we,” frames asymmetrical emotional relations and reveals shifts in intimacy, vulnerability, and self-awareness. Temporal deixis captures the interplay between past memory, present instability, and imagined futures, exposing fluctuating psychological states. Meanwhile, spatial deixis functions metaphorically to mark emotional spaces rather than physical settings, signifying belonging, transition, and internal refuge.Overall, deixis in Blonde operates not merely as a referential device but as a stylistic mechanism that articulates affective complexity and identity negotiation. This research contributes to pragmatic stylistics by demonstrating how deictic strategies in song lyrics can index psychological depth and relational meaning, thereby offering a basis for further linguistic examinations of musical discourse.
Implicature in Radiohead’s Album OK Computer’s Lyrics Rahmat, Muhamad Khatami; Fadil, Ahmad Mahesa; Yastanti, Unpris
CALL Vol. 7 No. 2 (2025): CALL
Publisher : Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Gunung Djati

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15575/call.v7i2.54043

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This study investigates the use of implicature in the lyrics of Radiohead’s album OK Computer within the broader field of pragmatics, emphasizing how meaning is constructed beyond literal interpretation in artistic discourse. The study aims to identify the types of implicature present in the album and to explain how implied meanings are generated through linguistic choices in song lyrics. Grounded in H. P. Grice’s theory of conversational implicature and the Cooperative Principle, this qualitative research analyzes eight selected songs from OK Computer: “Airbag,” “Paranoid Android,” “Subterranean Homesick Alien,” “Let Down,” “Karma Police,” “No Surprises,” “Climbing Up the Walls,” and “Lucky.” The analysis focuses on the observance and flouting of Grice’s maxims of Quantity, Quality, Relation, and Manner to uncover implicit meanings embedded in the lyrics. The findings reveal a total of 85 implicatures, consisting of 83 conversational implicatures and 2 conventional implicatures, indicating that conversational implicature is the dominant strategy employed throughout the album. Songs such as “Climbing Up the Walls,” “Airbag,” and “Let Down” show a high frequency of implicature, reflecting themes of fear, alienation, technological anxiety, and emotional vulnerability. In conclusion, the study demonstrates that implicature functions as a central pragmatic device in OK Computer, enabling Radiohead to communicate complex emotional and social meanings while maintaining poetic subtlety and interpretive openness.