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An Analysis of English Idiomatic Expressions in three Swift’s Songs
Keywords: idiomatic expressions, song, Taylor Swift.
In social life that is very closely related to language, there are still many
languages that are difficult to understand because sometimes not all languages have
the meaning that suits them, many ways that someone uses to express feelings in
their hearts, there are also literature as a solution for people who want to express
their feelings well through poetry, A story, or a song. A song is a poem that is voiced
in the form of poetry and has melody and tone, although idiomatic expressions are
a group of words that cannot be predicted from one single word. In this study, the
focus of the research is that the first is any kind of idiomatic expressions found in
three Taylor Swift songs, and the second is what idiomatic expressions found in
three Taylor Swift songs mean.
The researcher uses the kind of library research by using descriptive
qualitative approaches. The source used in this research is a song by Taylor Swift's
singer to get data. While the other sources are journals, articles, books, and previous
scripts that can be made refreshing to complete the main data you want to be
detailed. Researchers use observation and documentation in collecting data. As for
content analysis used in data analysis. Researchers analyze three songs by Taylor
Swift titled "Shake it Of, Wildest Dreams, and This Love". While researchers use
Roby Lou and Cooper's theories about the type and meaning of idiomatic
expressions.
Then result of this research, the researcher found 22 data that included the
type and meaning of idiomatic expressions. First, what types of idiomatic
expressions found in three Taylor Swift songs contain idiomatic expressions with
verb and preposition 16 data, idiomatic expression in comparison 2 data, idiomatic
expression with adjective phrase 2 data, idiomatic expressions with preposition 1
data, idiomatic expression with two words verb 1 data. Secondly, what the meaning
of idiomatic expressions found in three Taylor Swift songs is, lexically and
contextually. It can be concluded that from the title “An Analysis of English
Idiomatic Expressions in Three Swift's Songs” is obtained 22 Data including type
idiomatic expressions and the meaning
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