ABSTRACT

NUR FATIMAH AZZAHRA (N1A514133) FIGURATIVE LANGUAGES IN SONG LYRICS BY BOB DYLAN. A Thesis. Language and Literature Department. Faculty of Cultural Studies at Halu Oleo University. Under supervision of Ansor Putra (Supervisor) and Nur Israfyan Sofian (Co Supervisor)

This study aims to figure out figurative language used in two Bob Dylan’s songs – Rolling like a Stone and Hurricane. The research design of this study was qualitative research. The source of data of this study was from two Bob Dylan’s songs – Rolling like a Stone and Hurricane. In order to figure out figurative languages used in these two Bob Dylan’s songs, researcher used the theory of Figurative Languages from Geoffrey Leech. The findings showed that there were some figurative languages used in these two songs – Rolling like a Stone and Hurricane, those were: Litotes, Personification, Metonym, hyperbole, simile Metaphor and Irony. From these seven figurative languages, it was found that Metaphor was the most dominant figurative languages used in these two songs. From his two songs – Rolling like a Stone and Hurricane – Metaphor was 3 of 12 times (30%) figurative language used. More than a half of used figurative languages in the two songs were Metaphor. The second most used figurative languages in the two songs were Litotes. It is used 2 of 13 times (15%) figurative language used. The rest three figurative languages: Metonym, Personification, hyperbole, simile and Irony were used once for each (8%).
Keywords: Figurative Languages, Litotes, Personification, Metonym, Metaphor, Irony.