AN ANALYSIS OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN SONG LYRIC OF SOLIPSISM ALBUM OF PAMUNGKAS

Mulyani, Tri. 2020. An Analysis of Figurative Language in Song Lyric of
“Solipsism” Album of Pamungkas. Final Project, English Study Program,
Faculty of Language and Arts Education, University of PGRI Semarang.
Advisor I: Drs. Moh. Wahyu W. M.Pd., Advisor II: Fitri Yulianti, S.Pd.,
M.Pd.
Keywords: Figurative language, Song Lyric
Songs are one of the media in language to communicate or deliver a
message created by a song‟s writer through a singer to listeners. A lot of people
like to listen to music. But, some people just listen without understanding the
meaning of the song lyric especially the English song. This research study is about
figurative language and song as a topic selection. The objectives of this research
are divided into three parts. First, this study is to find out the types of figurative
language in the song lyric of the “Solipsism” album by Pamungkas. Second, the
aim of this study is to know the meaning of each figurative language in a song
lyric, and the last is to know the dominant figurative language in the album.
Figurative language is a language that uses figures of speech to way saying
something. The research method is a descriptive qualitative method. The writer
uses documentation analysis to collect the data. This research also used theory
from Kennedy and other sources were put to understanding of linguistics context
from the song lyric. The researcher focuses on analyzing the figurative language
of the 11 songs lyric of the “Solipsism” album. After analyzing the data, the writer
found nine types of figurative language such as Hyperbole, Litotes, Simile,
Metaphor, Alliteration, Personification, Paradox, Irony, and Synecdoche. The last
is the dominance of figurative languages that are used is hyperbole.