Figurative Language in the Album “Reputation” by Taylor Swift

Tanuwijaya, Nathalia Eunike (2020) Figurative Language in the Album “Reputation” by Taylor Swift. Skripsi thesis, Universitas Widya Kartika.

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Abstract

Song writers these days are unable to make their songs well-sold all the time, however Taylor Swift seems to be able to make all of her album well-sold whenever she launch new album. The aims of this study are to find out the types of figurative language found in Taylor Swift’s song lyrics in the album entitled Reputation, and to find out the meaning of each figurative language. In this research, the data are taken from song lyrics in album Reputation by Taylor Swift. The researcher uses case study as research design because the researcher would like to know kinds of figurative language and the meaning of each figurative language used in song lyrics in the album entitled Reputation by Taylor Swift. In this research, the researcher used documentation method to collect the data. The result of this study shows that there are 9 types of figurative language on album Reputation by Taylor Swift. Those are 23 simile, 39 metaphors, 14 personifications, 27 hyperbole, 2 symbols, 3 allegory, 9 paradox, 2 understatements, and 1 onomatopoeia. The most dominant figurative language that found in Taylor Swift’s album Reputation is metaphor.

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