AN ANALYSIS OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE USED IN ONE OK ROCK ‘EYE OF THE STORM’ ALBUM: SEMANTIC STUDY

Authors

  • Ervina CM Simatupang
  • Anjani Marwati, Nur Aulia
  • Dzaky Farid Alfathan
  • Fathurrahman Alfan

Abstract

Semantics is a branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of linguistic expressions in a language. Language is the method of expressing ideas and emotions in the form of signs and symbols. For this paper, the researcher focuses on the figurative language. This research is aimed to analyze the meaning of the songs of Eye of the Storm album by ONE OK ROCK, and describing the figurative language used in the album. There are two objectives of this research. The first is to identify the types of figurative language that used in Eye of the Storm album. the second is to explain the functional meaning of the figurative language found in the album. This research explores seven types of figurative language: irony, metaphor, hyperbole, litotes, simile, personification, and metonymy. This research is analyzed by using qualitative descriptive method. The data of this research were some phrases and sentences which are the lyrics of the songs that included in the band’s album.

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Published

2021-01-20

How to Cite

Ervina CM Simatupang, Anjani Marwati, Nur Aulia, Dzaky Farid Alfathan, & Fathurrahman Alfan. (2021). AN ANALYSIS OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE USED IN ONE OK ROCK ‘EYE OF THE STORM’ ALBUM: SEMANTIC STUDY. PalArch’s Journal of Archaeology of Egypt / Egyptology, 17(10), 3544-3549. Retrieved from https://archives.palarch.nl/index.php/jae/article/view/5843