Journal of Applied Linguistics and Literature
Vol. 3 No. 2 (2026): Journal of Applied Linguistics and Literature

REPRESENTASI MAKNA DAN NILAI KARAKTER PADA MAJAS DALAM LIRIK LAGU JKT48: Representation of Meaning and Character Values in Metaphors in Jkt48 Songs

Melinda Kusuma Wardani Djapur (Universitas Negeri Makassar)
Anshari (Universitas Negeri Makassar)
Tuti Wijayanti (Universitas Negeri Makassar)



Article Info

Publish Date
28 Feb 2025

Abstract

This study, entitled ‘Representations of Meaning and Character Values in Figurative Language within JKT48 Song Lyrics’, is a descriptive qualitative study which aims to (1) describe the representations of meaning and character values in figurative language within JKT48 song lyrics, and (2) describe the representations of character values in figurative language within JKT48 song lyrics. The results of this study indicate that the representations of meaning in the figures of speech within the lyrics of JKT48 songs titled ‘Buah Masa Depan’, ‘Bunga Matahari’, ‘Apakah Kau Melihat Mentari Senja?’, and ‘Matahari Milikku’ include optimism, facing doubt, self-reliance, openness to feelings, mutual support, mutual respect, and loyalty in supporting friends. Furthermore, the character values represented by figures of speech in JKT48 song lyrics include hard work, honesty, independence, social awareness, friendliness/communication, love of peace, tolerance, and responsibility. The figures of speech that contribute to representing the meaning and character values throughout the lyrics of JKT48’s songs are metaphor, personification, depersonification, synecdoche, simile, hyperbole, paradox, hyperbole, interminus contradiction, oxymoron, parallelism, anticlimax, rhetoric, tautology, polysyndeton, and pleonasm

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Journal Info

Abbrev

JALL

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Subject

Arts Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

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The Journal of Applied Linguistics and Literature is a peer-reviewed scholarly open-access journal. It has been published by the Indonesian Language Education Study Program, Faculty of Language and Literature, Makassar State University. The Indonesian Literature Journal publishes research ...