<![CDATA[The study entitled “Idioms and their meanings in The Beatles songs’ lyrics” focused on 2 aspects:(1) the types of idiom occurred in the song lyrics, and (2) how meanings of idioms convey the theme of thesongs.The primary data was taken from the song’s lyrics on Famous song of the Beatles, written byJohn Lennon and Paul McCartney as data source. The data was collected by using documentationmethod by applying note taking technique. Thus, the data were also checked with source which providesthe information and list of English idioms.In the analysis, the types of idioms were presented first. The main theories used in the analysis ofthe data consist of the types of idioms proposed by Palmer (1976). The analysis of meaning comesafterward in order to categorized the types of meaning of idioms occurred in data source. The theory ofmeaning comes from Leech (1974).Based on the result of analysis it was found that the three idioms are found in the song. Themeaning of idiom had a strong relation with the meaning of the song, as the consequences the meaning ofidiom should be analyze of first to find the theme and the message of the song. Discover the types ofidioms. They are phrasal verbs, prepositional verb, and partial idiom. Obtain also meaning each idiom ofsongs. Each song has different meaning.]]>
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