SPHOTA: Jurnal Linguistik dan Sastra Fakultas Bahasa Asing Universitas Mahasaraswati Denpasar
Vol. 13 No. 1 (2021): SPHOTA: Jurnal Linguistik dan Sastra

A STUDY OF LEXICAL COHESION IN THE LYRIC OF DEMI LOVATO'S SONG IN 'TELL ME YOU LOVE ME' ALBUM

Moh Kavin Lidinillah (Universitas Airlangga)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Mar 2021

Abstract

The analysis of musical discourse analysis come from many ways and one of them is in song lyrics. Meanwhile, cohesion is a semantic relation which has a correlation between one component to another in the text. Lexical cohesion reached by selecting the vocabulary. There is one research problem in this study, what types of lexical cohesion are used in Demi Lovato’s song lyric in tell me you love me and the functions of Lexical Cohesion used. The study uses qualitative approach and uses Demi Lovato’s song lyric in tell me you love me. In conducting the study, the writers uses Halliday & Hasan (1976) theory of lexical cohesion which focuses on lexical reiteration (repetition, synonym/near-synonym, superordinate and general word). The result of the study shows types of lexical cohesion which is reiteration (repetition, synonym-near synonym, general word) only superordinates are missing. Therefore, the function of lexical cohesion in the lyrics of Demi Lovato’s song is to emphasize, to illustrate, to strengthen the message, and to give contribution to the two words that the meaning are connected to each other and make the song delivered clearly.

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sphota

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Arts Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences

Description

This journal provides conceptual and research-based articles on various Language and Literature studies topics. Editors welcome articles encompassing the field of Language, Literature, and Language Education written in Indonesian or ...