ELT-Lectura
Vol. 3 No. 2 (2016): ELT-Lectura Studies and Perspective in English Language Teaching

Denotative and Connotative Meaning in One direction’s Songs Lyric: A Semantic Perspective

Arsiska Sari (Unknown)
Paramita Kusumawardhani (Unknown)

Article Info

Publish Date
20 Aug 2016

Abstract

The purpose of this analysis is to find out some words that contains with connotative anddenotative meaning on specific object in the three one direction’s songs lyric based on Withers and Keami(2003) as the activity in semantic class. The data was taken from the text, found in the three different songslyric:“Hey Angel”, “Long Way Down”, and “Drag me Down” by One Direction in their album “Make in theA.M”. Descriptive qualitative employed as the method in this research. After analyzing the data found fromthe lyrics, this study found that (1) Some lyrics contained with connotative and denotative meaning onreferrring a specific object, (2) Connotative meaning found more dominant compare than dennotativemeaning.

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ELT-Lectura
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ELT-Lectura

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Universitas Lancang Kuning

Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

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ELT-Lectura is a biannual publication journal published in the months of February and August; it presents articles on English Language Teaching (ELT), whether as a second, additional, or foreign language, or as an international Lingua Franca. The Journal links the everyday concerns of practitioners ...