IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS ON BON JOVI’S SONG LYRIC Arif Setiawan1, Melvina2, Edwar Kemal2 Mhasiswa Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris STKIP PGRI Sumatera Barat 2 Dosen Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris STKIP PGRI Sumatera Barat
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ABSTRAK Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui jenis ekspresi idiomatik yang ditemukan dalam lagu Bon Jovi, tujuan penelitian untuk menggambarkan jenis ungkapan ekspresi idiomatik. Jenis penelitian ini adalah kualitatif, sumber data berupa dokumen dari album Bon Jovi. langkah menganalisa data kualitatif terdiri dari pengelolaan data, membaca / memo, menggambarkan, mengklasifikasi, menafsirkan, dan mewakili temuan atau penulisan laporan. Dari hasil penelitian ini, peneliti menemukan bahwa terdapat ekspresi idiomatik dalam lagu Bon Jovi dengan berbagai tipe,lagu berjudul it’s my life yaitu: 1) tipe yang memiliki lirik gramatikal terbatas liriknya yaitu backed down, dan Stood Reviews their ground, 2) tipe yang memiliki lirik sintaksis terbatas liriknya yaitu Owns breaks, 3) tipe lirik baku liriknya yaitu broken-hearted dan faith-departed. Ekspresi idiomatikk dalam lagu next 100 years yaitu : 1)tipe yang memiliki lirik gramatikal terbatas liriknya yaitu worth the fight, 2) tipe lirik idiom sebagian atau parsial liriknya yaitu comes down, dan comes back, 3) tipe kata kerja phrasal liriknya yaitu give up, learning on, stand by, dan believe in. Dari hasil penelitian peneliti menyimpulkan bahwa terdapat dua belas ekspresi idiomatic, dalam lagu berjudul it’s my life terdapat lima ekspresi idiomatik, dalam lagu berjudul next 100 years terdapat tujuh ekspresi idiomatik. Yang paling banyak terdapat ekspresi idiomatik yaitu pada lagu next 100 years dan tipe yang paling banyak ditemuai ekspresi idiomatik nya adalah tipe lirik idiom sebagain atau parsial. Kata kunci : Ekspresi idiomatik, Lagu, Lirik
INTRODUCTION Language is one of the tools for
Idiomatic expression are mostly
people to convey ideas and thoughts orally
found in literature, when taken together
and in writing every human interactions us
have
language to speak, whether it's body
individual meanings of each word. Idioms
language to speak, whether it's body
take many different forms or structures.
different
meanings
from
the
Language, spoken language and
An idiom can have a regular structure, an
written language. In other words.The use
irregular or even a grammatically incorrect
of language reflects the nature and
structure (Seidl and McMordie, 1988).
character of a person because of the
According to Fernando (1996), idiomatic
language everyone has the freedom to use
expressions in particular are usually
the word choice.
difficult to interpret. This is primarily because aware that they are motivated by 1
metaphorical thinking. for example the
contain the verbs of the past tense but the
phrase to change one’s tune has nothing to
more appropriate word for the lyrics is
do with music but means to alter one‘s
never give up, the “backed down” lyrics
attitude.‘ Similarly to hit the nail on the
are in the song it's my life.
head often has nothing to do with carpentry
but
means
simply
to
In the case the researcher wants to
be
find out the idiomatic expression used in
absolutely right‘. Idiomatic
it's my life and next 100 years The the
researcher will focus on describe the
Often
idiomatic expression found in it's my life
defying rules of logic, they pose great
so that researchers raised the research title
difficulties for non-native speakers. Idioms
is "Idiomatic Expression On Bon Jovi’s
can also be unrecognizable for non-native
Song”.
Idiosyncrasies
of
expressions a
are
language.
speakers, consequently they translate them
RESEARCH METHOD
literally. The meaning would be awkward and does not make any sense, thus making
The design of this research is
it far away from the intended meaning.
qualitative research. According to the Gay
Moreover the culture of both languages is
and Airisian (2010: 10) states that the
different. Translating idioms has been a
purpose of qualitative research illustrate
puzzling
some
problem
for
many
people.
reality,
developing
a
deeper
Someone must comprehend translation and
understanding, capturing everyday life and
idiomatic expression because they are
human
interconnected.
qualitative research aims to describe and
In
other
words,
understand social phenomena that occur in
The phenomenon Most people just
human social life. There are various types
enjoy the fun music of the song, but do not
of qualitative research, basic interpretive
understand the true meaning of the song, is
studies, case studies, document or content
implied from the chorus song it's my life.
analysis, ethnography, grounded theory,
In the song contained such songs idiomatic
the study of history, narrative inquiry, and
expression example in the lyrics “This is
a phenomenological study.
for the ones who stood their ground, For
Source of data in this research is
Tommy and Gina who never backed down Tomorrow's
perspective.
document which was consisted of song
getting harder make no
album by Bon Jovi. The aim of this
mistake”. The lyrics are backed down, the
research to give the real situation of
meaning of the lyrics is mundur the lyrics 2
developing song.
idiomatic expression of a
song next 100 years, and comes back is in
Therefore, the source of this
the song next 100 years.
research was document of album Crush.
In the type of phrasal verb there are four idiomatic expression that is give
According to Gay and Airasian
up lyrics found in the song next 100 years,
(2000:239), there are several steps in
lyrics learning on is on the song next 100
analyzing qualitative data. They consist of data
managing,
describing,
classify,
years, , lyrics stand by is on the song next
reading/memoing, interpreting,
100 years and worth the fight is in the
and
song next 100 years.
representing the finding or writing report.
From the second Bon Jovi’s song
RESEARCH FINDING AND
entitled it's my life and next 100 year then
DISCUSSION
got there are twelve idiomatic expression with various type, the most widely used
Type Idiomatic Expression Found on
type is pharasal verb type while the least
Bon Jovi’s Song
used is type which has limited syntactic. Type Idioms that have Limited
Therefore the researcher interpret
Grammatical, there are three idiomatic
that idiomatic expression is very useful to
expression that is backed down lyrics
know the true meaning behind the
found in the song it's my life, lyrics stood
meaning of the word, because the lyrics
their ground is on the song it's my life
contain idiomatic expression widely used
and worth the fight is in the song next
for
100 years.
example of song lyrics containing idiom
everyday
communication
as
an
In the type of limited syntactic
backed down, stood their ground, Owns
there are one idiomatic expression that is
breaks, broken -hearted, faith-departed,
owns breaks lyrics found in the song it's
comes down, comes back, give up,
my life.
learning on, stand by, believe in. In the type of frozen or frozen
CONCLUSION
idiom there are two idiomatic expression
From
the
data
analysis,
the
that is broken-hearted lyrics found in the
researchers found that in the song bon jovi
song it's my life, and lyrics faith departed
entitled it's my life and the next 100 years
is on the song it's my life.
there are all types of idiomatic expression
In the type of partially or partial
by palmer number of idiomatic expression
idiom there are two idiomatic expression
that is obtained is twelve idiomatic
that is comes down lyrics found in the
expression with various types, on a song 3
entitled it's my life, there are five datum
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