MAKNA KONOTATIF DALAM LIRIK-LIRIK LAGU POPULER KARYA BAND THE SCRIPT (Analisis Semantik)
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ABSTRACT
This research is entitled “Connotative Meaning in Popular Song Lyrics by The
Script Band (A Semantic Analysis)”. The aims of the research are to identify the
connotative meaning in the song lyrics, to classify the types of connotative and to analyze
the connotative meaning in popular song lyrics by The Script band.
This research uses descriptive method. In collecting data, the writer focused on
identifying the words and phrases that contain connotative meaning and classify them based
on theory of J. N. Hook (in Widarso 1989) which divides the connotative meaning into
positive connotative, negative connotative, and neutral connotative. Then the writer uses
theory of Geoffrey Leech (1981) to analyze the connotative meaning in popular song lyrics
by The Script band. The result of this research showed that there are positive connotative
and negative connotative in the song lyrics and there are 25 words and 15 phrases
containing the connotative meaning and the connotative meaning have variation in their
description.
Keywords: Connotative, Types of Connotative, Song Lyrics by The Script
This research is entitled “Connotative Meaning in Popular Song Lyrics by The
Script Band (A Semantic Analysis)”. The aims of the research are to identify the
connotative meaning in the song lyrics, to classify the types of connotative and to analyze
the connotative meaning in popular song lyrics by The Script band.
This research uses descriptive method. In collecting data, the writer focused on
identifying the words and phrases that contain connotative meaning and classify them based
on theory of J. N. Hook (in Widarso 1989) which divides the connotative meaning into
positive connotative, negative connotative, and neutral connotative. Then the writer uses
theory of Geoffrey Leech (1981) to analyze the connotative meaning in popular song lyrics
by The Script band. The result of this research showed that there are positive connotative
and negative connotative in the song lyrics and there are 25 words and 15 phrases
containing the connotative meaning and the connotative meaning have variation in their
description.
Keywords: Connotative, Types of Connotative, Song Lyrics by The Script
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