CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION

A. Background of Study Language has an important role of communication in human life. People use language as a tool to express ideas and feelings. By using language, people are able to describe their feelings, emotions and thought easier than using other elements. Hornby (1995 !"#$ says, %Language is human and non& instincti'e method of communicating ideas, feelings, and desires by means of a system sounds and sound symbols. People use language to communicate and interact to each other. (t is easier to con'ey information to another people in order to share )no*ledge. Palmer (19"+ +$ says, %( ha'e suggested that linguistics is the scientific study of language. Linguistics has important role to components of language that include sound, the arrangement of *ords, and meaning., (n its broadest sense, linguistics can also be refried as the study of human language ho* it is structured, ho* it is used to represent meaning, ho* it is used to communicate ideas, ho* it is formed, ho* it is decoded. Linguistics tries to loo) for commonality across all human languages, and should not be confused *ith -Language .eaching/, *hich aims to teach a single language. .here are four branches of linguistics study0 they are Phonology, 1orphology, 2yntax, and 2emantics. (n this thesis, the *riter focuses on 2emantics. Palmer (19"+ 1$ says, %2emantics is technical term used refer to

the study of meaning., (n addition, semantics focuses on the meaning of *ords, phrases, or sentences in the language. .he meaning of phrases, sentences depend on the meaning of its *ords and the structure. 2ystem for analy4ing language di'ides linguistics expression into t*o classes literal meaning and non&literal meaning. 5ses in non&literal are called figurati'e language. 6ccording to Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (197" #"9$ figurati'e speech or figurati'e language is %an example of the figurati'e use of *ords., 2ame definition is gi'en by Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (3885 !##$ that is %a *ord or phrase used for 'i'id or dramatic effect., 9urthermore, 9igurati'e language or %figures of speech,

(http ::***.frostfriends.org: figurati'e.html$ is %a *ay of saying something other than the literal meaning of the *ords., (n other *ords, any language that goes beyond the literal meaning of *ords in order to furnish ne* effects or fresh insights into an idea or a sub;ect. Literal meaning denotes the spea)er mean according to common or dictionary usage, *hile non&literal meaning connotes additional layers of meaning. <hen the people eye or ears recei'e a message, the mind must interpret the data to con'ert it into meaning. .his set of memories *ill gi'e prominence to the most common or literal meanings, but also suggest reasons for attributing different meanings, e.g., the reader understands that the author intended it to mean something different, as can be seen the examples of literal meaning belo* 1. Let me be your friend.

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( *ant to hold you.

Both of the examples express the literal meaning as the real meaning according to dictionary usage. Loo) at the examples of non&literal meaning belo* #. !. =ou can ta)e my breath a*ay. 2ad eyes ne'er lie.

>xamples are figurati'e language, they express additional layer of meaning. (n first sentence, %you can ta)e my breath a*ay, implies that the spea)er can gi'es anything to the hearer0 the hearer can ta)e his life. 1oreo'er, the second sentences, %sad eyes ne'er lie,, lie in this sentence represented human being ability. >'ery sentence that contains of figurati'e language could ma)e the reader or hearer confused and tries to imagine *hat the real meaning of it. ?ichard .aylor (1971 1+5$ cites %9igurati'e languages surprises the reader because the statements or ideas expressed does not ma)e sense on the surface le'el, and, since literal meaning is denied, an act of imagination is re@uired before the intended meaning becomes clear., (t is important to understand figurati'e language meaning because it sho*s the spea)er/s mastery of politeness in >nglish language *hich at the sometimes sho* the spea)er/s high&le'el mastery of the language. >'en the scholars that *ant to impro'e his communication s)ill, he should study about the meaning and non&literal meaning, because it is one of the most difficult sub;ect to be studied. 2o in this analysis the *riter tries to re'eal the non&literal

meaning as the ob;ect because the *riter thin)s it is *orthy to the reader *ho are interested in the meaning especially figurati'e language. .here are so many )inds of *or)s *hich use the figurati'e language, such as a Lyrics song and Poetry. 6ll of them use it to beautify their sentences and gi'e the magnificent *ords to interest the reader or hearer. 2ong is the most common thing in people daily life because songs can gi'e 'arious impacts to its reader. (n a song, the hearers or listeners can find lyrics *hich complete and beautify the song and ma)es the hearer more interested in hearing it. .hrough the lyrics, the song *riter also con'eys messages such as protest, lo'e, and thought. (n this thesis, the *riter is interested in analy4ing the figurati'e languages that are found in song lyrics. .he songs *riters communicate to the society by express their idea and feeling through the song lyrics. .he idea and
feeling becomes difficult to understand because the song *riters adopted figurati'e

language to beauty their lyrics. .his thesis *ill discuss figurati'e language that
found in song lyrics. 6 roc) band that uses figurati'e language in their song lyrics is an

6merican roc) band %Areen Bay,. Areen Bay is an 6merican pun) roc) band formed in 197". .he band consists of lead 'ocalist and guitarist Billie Coe 6rmstrong, bassist and bac)ing 'ocalist 1i)e Birnt, and drummer .re Dool. (n this study the *riter *ill discuss the figurati'e languages that are used in Areen Bay/s selected song lyrics. .he song lyrics are ta)en from %6merican (diot, album. .his album consists of thirteen songs but the *riter only ta)es fi'e out

of them to be analy4ed. .his album is one of the best albums that the Areen Bay has because it includes the phenomenal song %Boule'ard of the Bro)en Breams,
.he selected song lyrics e'o)e the *riter/s curiosity because the song *riter uses figurati'e language in the lyrics to con'ey his thoughts, protests, and also messages to the song listeners. .o )no* deeper and clearer about the Areen Bay/s song lyrics and the figurati'e language the song *riter uses, the *riter of this study decides to do a research entitled

%The Analysis of Figurative

Language Used in

reen Days !elected Lyrics"

B. Identification of the Pro !e"# .his song lyric is 'ery interesting and there are so many problems that can be ta)en from the lyric as the topic of a study. .he possible problems that can be ta)en from the lyric are as follo*s 1. <hat is the intention of the song *riter in *riting the song# 3. Ho* are the main moments portrayed in this songE #. <hat are the messages sent by the song *riter in the song lyricE !. <hat are the figurati'e languages found in the song lyricE 5. <hat are the meaning of figurati'e language in the song lyricE +. <hat are the non&literal meaning in the song lyricE ". <hat are the social bac)grounds of the song lyricsE 7. Ho* is the style of the song lyricsE

C. $ocu# of the Study ?elated to the bac)ground of problem abo'e and to satisfy the researcher/s curiosity about the song, the researcher focuses the study only on The Analysis of Figurative Language Used in reen Days !elected Lyrics.

D. State"ent of the Pro !e"# .he statements of the problems are 1. <hat are the figurati'e languages found in Areen Bay/s selected lyricsE
3. <hat are the meanings of the figurati'e languages in the song lyricsE

E. O %ecti&e of the Study Based on the limitation abo'e, the ob;ecti'es of the study in this thesis are di'ided into t*o. .he first ob;ecti'e is to find out the figurati'e language in the Areen Bay/s selected lyrics. .he second ob;ecti'e is to find out the meaning behind the figurati'e languages.

$. Significance of the Study .here are some significances of this study. 1. 9or the students of >nglish Bepartment 9or the students of >nglish Bepartment, this study *ill impro'e their linguistic )no*ledge especially figurati'e language. Besides, the topic of

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this study might be useful in de'eloping students/ s)ill in analy4ing figurati'e language found in song lyrics. 3. 9or the >nglish language teachers .his study *ill enhance the >nglish language teachers/ )no*ledge about figurati'e language. .his means that they *ill find it easier *hen they ha'e to teach about figurati'e language to their students. .hey *ill find comprehensi'e analysis about the topic. #. 9or the readers .hrough this study, hopefully the readers can get beneficial 'alues about finding meaning beyond the *ords. .he *riter hopes this study *ill gi'e the readers a better understanding of figurati'e language in song lyrics. !. 9or other researchers *ho intend to study figurati'e language, hopefully, they can use this study as a reference and it might be helpful as a comparati'e study.