Published date: Jul 04 2022

Journal Title: KnE Social Sciences

Issue title: The 1st International Student Conference on Linguistics: Trends and Future Perspectives in Linguistics Study

Pages: 170-178

DOI: 10.18502/kss.v7i10.11285

M. Parren Tiarama Queentaparen17@gmail.comMaster of Linguistics, Universitas Warmadew

I Nyoman MulianaMaster of Linguistics, Universitas Warmadew

I Wayan BudiartaMaster of Linguistics, Universitas Warmadew

This paper discussed the types of figurative forms and their meaning related to each type of figurative forms. The theories applied to support this paper were taken from the books proposed by John I. Saeed in his book entitled Semantics third edition published in 2009 as a main theory. The data of this paper were taken from the song lyrics of “When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?” album by Billie Eilish. The first method of research in this topic was finding out the source of data. The second method was collecting the data. The collected data were analyzed based on the theoretical concepts and the data was analyzed using the descriptive method. The last method was presenting the result of analysis. Based on the result of the analysis, it was found that there are nine types of figurative forms that are used in twelve songs from “When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?” album. The figurative forms that are used were metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, simile, hyperbole, symbol, paradox, idiom, and euphemism.

Keywords: figurative, semantics, song lyrics

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