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Figurative language is one kind of the language styles to make the expression and the message of the speaker or writer is strengthen. Figurative language usually used in song lyrics. Sometimes, figurative languages existed in song lyrics can’t be understandable. One of the song lyrics that has a lot of figurative languages is songs from Sinestesia album by Efek Rumah Kaca. Therefore, this research is trying to analyze figurative languages existed in song lyrics on Efek Rumah Kaca’s album titled Sinestesia. The research is focused on analyzing type of figurative languages with its meaning by using Kennedy’s theory of classification of figurative language (1983) and Ogden and Richard’s theory of meaning (1923). Qualitative descriptive is the method that used for this research. The result of this research is 4 type of figurative languages is found, which is 25 personifications, 18 metaphors, 15 overstatements, and 2 apostrophes with each of figurative language’s meaning is elaborated . Besides of it, the writer found that figurative languages existed in the Sinestesia album’s song lyrics has a connection to the song itself.
比喻语言是一种使说话者或作者的表达和信息得到加强的语言风格。比喻语言:通常用于歌词中的比喻语言有时候,歌词中存在的比喻语言是无法理解的。其中一个有很多比喻语言的歌词是Efek Rumah Kaca的Sinestesia专辑中的歌曲。因此,本研究试图分析Efek Rumah Kaca专辑《Sinestesia》歌词中存在的比喻语言。本研究主要运用肯尼迪的比喻语言分类理论(1983)和奥格登和理查德的意义理论(1923)对比喻语言的类型及其意义进行分析。定性描述是本研究使用的方法。本研究的结果是发现了4种类型的比喻语言,即25种拟人,18种隐喻,15种夸张,并对每种比喻语言的意思进行了2个撇号的阐述。除此之外,作者还发现Sinestesia专辑歌词中存在的比喻语言与歌曲本身有联系。