Skripsi

The themes and idiomatic expressions used in the lyrics of celine dions\'s songs by Irmaya Maharanti

Abstrak
Languagele amersa re awaret hat to understandth e informal form of conversation usedb y natives peakerosf English t heyn eedi nformationa ndg uidanceto assistth em in usingt he appropriateid ioms in a given situation.E nglish songsa re oneo f the mediao f introducinga ndr eviewin vocabularyi n cludingi diomatice xpressions. This study aimed at finding out the themes and types of idioms used in Celine Dion s songl yrics.T hef indingso f this studyw erei ntendedto providei nformation for Englishl ecturersa ndt eachersin giving an alternativem ediumo f teachingid ioms for Englishl earnersin rmprovingth eirv ocabularyth roughs ongsa ndf or future researcherisn conductings tudiesin th fields of English Grammara ndE nglishS tyle. This studyw as categorizeda s a descriptiveq uantitatives tudy.T he sourceo f data wasC elineD ion s songsw hichw erea vailablein hern inea lbumss oldi n Indonesia until the time this studyw as conductedT. he dataa nalysisw as conductedb y determiningth e themeso f all CelineD ion s songsl i stingt he songsw ith the same themesc hoosingo net hemer epresentebdy mosto f the songsc lassifyingth e idioms accordingto their typesb asedo n XTAG s classification(ThXeT AG is a research groupo f Institutef or Researcihn CogritiveS cienceo n Universityo f Pennsylvania) calculatinge acht ype ofidiom in the form ofpercentagea nd rankingt he frequencyo f occrurenceosf eacht ypeo f idiom. The hndingss howedt hat therew eret hirteenc lassificationso f themeso f Celine Dion s songsn amely r omanticlo ve u niversallo ve f riendshipb rokenh eart t ale disappointmenlto n elinesss w eetm emoryc onfiision g rvingu p Christnas w orship andf aith.H owever lo ve themed ominatedm osto f CelineD ion s songsI.n termso f idioms i t wasf oundt hatt herew ere1 39i diomsi n CelineD ion s love songsT. here were1 00i dioms( 71.9o/boa) sedo n XTAG sc lassificatioann d3 9i dioms( 28.1%) whichc ouldn ot be classifiedin to XTAG s classificationT. het ypeso f idiomsw hich wereu sedm oref requenflyw eret hosei n typeE (V N Prep)a mounted t4o8 .5o/o typeC (V Det N ) amountedto 21.8o/aon d6 pe A (V N) amountedto 18.8%. While the types of idioms which were rarely used were tfpe B (V Adj N) amountedto 7. 9o/ot y peG (V Detr N Prep)a mountedto 2o/oa ndtypeH (V Det Adj N Prep)a mountedto 1%.W hereatsl pe D (V Det Adj N) andt lpe F (V Adj N Prep)w eren ot usedi n CelineD ion s songsH. owever t herew eren o idioms foundi n five love songsL ovin Proof TheC olouro f My Love T heF irst TimeE verI SawY ourF ace I WantY ouT oN eedM e arrdI Know Wat Love Is. AJthoughth erea ref ive songsw hichd o not containa nyi dioms C elineD ion s songsa res uitableto be useda st hem ediao f leamingi diomsb ecauseth erea req uitea number of idioms (139 idioms) found in 43 songs.

Informasi Detail

DDC

Rs 809.1 MAH t

Prodi

Universitas Negeri Malang. Jurusan Sastra Inggris, 2003.

Deskripsi Fisik

vii, 110 lbr. : tab. ; 28 cm.

Bahasa

No Reg

01199/KI/03

Edisi

Skripsi (Sarjana)--Universitas Negeri Malang, 2003

Subjek

1. BAHASA INGGRIS - IDIOM
2. LAGU - CELIN DION

Pembimbing

1. MURDIBJONO, ARWIYATI W. ; 2. IVONE, FRANCISCA MARIA

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