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AN ANALYSIS OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN COLDPLAY?S SONG LYRICS IN ?A HEAD FULL OF DREAMS? ALBUM

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Musyaffa?, A. N. 2017 :An Analysis of Figurative Language in Coldplay?s Song Lyrics in ?A Head Full of Dreams? Album
Advisors : Dian Arsitades Wiranegara, M. Pd and Fenty Andriani, M. Pd
Key words : Figurative Language, Coldplay?s song, Lyrics


Figurative language is a type of language that uses words or phrases different from the literal meaning. This study discusses about an analysis of figurative language in Coldplay?s Song in ?A Head Full of Dreams? album. The purpose of this study is to find the contextual meaning and the type of figurative language used in Coldplay?s song. The research design used in this study is descriptive qualitative research. The source of the data is from Coldplay?s song lyrics, exactly in A Head Full of Dreams album. The song that the researcher uses are: A Head Full of Dreams, Birds, Fun, Amazing day, Adventure of Lifetime, and Up & Up.
The thesis described type of figurative language and contextual meaning from Coldplay?s song. From the analysis, there were seven types of figurative languages. They were metaphor, personification, hyperbole, simile, paradox, synecdoche, and transferred epithet. To support the analysis, some type of figurative language and other related references were used. There were also some related theories about figurative language used to support the analysis. Fifty Three of figurative languages have been selected to be analyzed.
The number of each type of figurative language used in those six songs were as follow: 11 Hyperbole, 10 Personification, 24 Metaphor, 3 Paradox, 1 Synecdoche, 1 Simile, 2 Transferred Epithet. Then the type of figurative language were classified and analyzed. This study is highly expected to give contribution for the reader to know about figurative language clearly. It can help the reader know contextual meaning and speak English fluently. And it can also be expected to enrich new English vocabulary used in the daily conversation.

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Tuban : Unirow., 2017

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