Figurative Language On Various Songs From Maher Zain

Riestianto, Hendriko (2024) Figurative Language On Various Songs From Maher Zain. Skripsi thesis, Universitas Tanjungpura.

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Abstract

Maher Zain’s songs. Another purpose is to figure out what dominant type of figurative language that are used in the chosen songs. This research uses descriptive qualitative approach. The research design was content analysis. The data was taken from azlyrics.com and the songs uses for the data collection were obtain from Maher Zain’s songs titled: Peace Be Upon You, Freedom, Love Will Prevail, Guide Me All The Way, Palestine Will Be Free, For The Rest Of My Life, Never Forget, The Chosen One, Number One For Me, and Paradise. This research used observation, note-taking and transcribing. From these chosen 10 songs, has been resulted in 8 types of different figurative language with 5 major figurative language that appears in all of 10 songs being; Metaphor (53 times), Personification (21 times), Repetition (54 times), Symbolism (41 times), and Imagery (40 times). According to the result, it can be concluded that amongst the 10 chosen songs, repetition is the dominant type of figurative language that appears in the lyrics. In the English Education Study Program, especially for student, they can improve their English ability by analyzing figurative language in song lyrics. This research can be a reference to those that have interested in doing the same type of research with hope that this research can give benefits.

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