AN ANALYSIS OF HYPERBOLIC EXPRESSIONS FOUND IN DIFFERENT SONG LYRICS
Keywords:
hyperbole, hyperbolic expressions, song lyrics, meaning.Abstract
Songs become one of the effective ways to express feelings and deliver the message. But sometimes there are many of song lyrics which are hard to understand by listeners, it is because the lyrics contain hyperbolic expressions and the meanings are hidden inside. This research was analysis of hyperbolic expressions found in different song lyrics. The aims of this research are to finds out the forms of hyperbolic expressions used in song lyrics and analyzed the meanings that can be inferred from hyperbolic expressions used in song lyrics. This research used the qualitative method in collecting and analyzing data. The results of this research showed that there are 47 hyperbolic expressions found in the songs. From the seven forms of hyperbole, the researcher only found five forms in this research. There are 16 data of single word hyperbole, 11 of phrasal hyperbole, 5 of clausal hyperbole, 14 of numerical hyperbole, and 1 repetition.References
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