FIGURATIVE MEANINGS FOUND IN COLDPLAY-S SONG LYRIC
A.A. Istri Manik Warmadewi, A.A. ISTRI LISTYAWATI OKA
Universitas Warmadewa
Abstract
The titled of this scientific paper is "The Figurative Meanings Found in Coldplay-s song lyric”. This paper discusses the types of figurative meanings and the functions of the meaning. The theories applied to support this paper are taken from the book proposed by Larson in her book entitled Meaning-Based Translation, published in 1998 as a main theory, and supported by theories proposed by Perrine in his book entitled Sound and Sense an Introduction of Poetry published in 1980 and Leech in his book entitled Semantic - The Study of Meaning published in 1987. Another supporting sources that are relevant to this topic, are taken from the internet. The data of this paper are taken from the song lyrics of the band Coldplay. The collected data is analyzed base on the theoretical concepts and the data is analyzed using the descriptive method. Then, the data is presented in a narrative descriptive way by providing information in non-formal technique. Based on the results of the analysis, it is found that there are eight types of figurative meanings that are used in fourteen songs from Coldplay. The figurative meanings that are used are Metonymy, Synecdoche, Personification, Hyperbole, Simile, Metaphor, Allegory, and Symbol. Also the functions carried by each figurative.
Keywords: Figurative Meanings, song lyric, Coldplay
Topic: Language