Abstract
Figurative language can appear in various types and the meaning may not be determined by its components. This study aims to identify and analyze the meaning of figurative language found in the song lyrics “Passenger's album all the little lights”. There are two theories used in this study. The first is the theory of figurative language proposed by Knickerbocker and Reninger, and the second is the theory of meaning by Leech as the supporting theory. The data in this study were directly taken from Passenger’s fourth album. The album consists of twelve songs. They were collected by documentation method and note taking technique. The collected data were analyzed using qualitative and descriptive method. This study applied informal method to present the analysis. The result of this study shows that there are nine types of figurative language found in song lyrics. They were allusion, simile, metaphor, irony, personification, hyperbole, dead metaphor, metonymy, and paradox. Most of the figurative expressions found in those songs were similes. Four out of seven types of meaning used in those lyrics in order to understand the figurative meaning in the song lyrics; they were connotative meaning, conceptual meaning, affective meaning, and collocative meaning. All the songs which are analyzed have the main theme about life and love.
Highlights
Language is very important for communication in society
The analysis of figurative language in the song lyrics are explained as follows: 5.1 Figurative Language Figurative language is sometimes called metaphorical language or metaphor because its Greek ancestor “Metaphereien” means to carry meaning beyond its literal meaning
There are several types of figurative language found in the song lyrics as presented below: a Connotative Meaning [5-1] Little lights in my heart
Summary
Language is very important for communication in society. We cannot communicate in a genuine sense without language. Language is art because through language we can share everything which is related especially to literal work that is usually used in the art of language or usually called figurative language. According to (Knickerbocker, 1963: 637), figurative language is called metaphorical language or metaphor because it means to carry the meaning from literal meaning to the figurative level. Many authors use this kind of language style for transferring their impression of something to give special effects in understanding every sentence of their works
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