Lexical Cohesion Analysis on Adele’s Songs Lyrics in the Album 25
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The objectives of this study are to identify the kinds of lexical cohesion used in Adele’s song lyrics in the album 25 and to find out the impact of the most type to hearers. This research is a descriptive qualitative research. Data analysis was performed by categorizing data based on the theory from Halliday and Hasan consisting of reiteration (repetition, synonym, superordinate, general word) and collocation. The final step is to present data and make conclusions. The research findings show that repetition has 34 data with 47%, followed by synonym has 15 data with 21%, superordinate and collocation have 9 data with 12% and general word has 6 data with 8%. Repetition dominates the lexical type of cohesion and general word is the least appear. The impacts of the most type to hearers are repetition makes the meaning of the song deeper and hearers will be deeper in enrolling their emoticons in the song.
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Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengidentifikasi jenis-jenis kohesi leksikal yang digunakan dalam lirik lagu Adele pada album 25 dan untuk mengetahui dampak dari tipe yang paling dominan bagi pendengar. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian kualitatif deskriptif. Analisis data dilakukan dengan mengelompokkan data berdasarkan teori dari Halliday dan Hasan yang terdiri dari reiteration (repetition, synonim, superordinate, general word) dan collocation. Langkah terakhir adalah mempresentasikan data dan membuat kesimpulan. Temuan penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pengulangan memiliki 34 data dengan 47%, diikuti sinonim memiliki 15 data dengan 21%, superordinate dan kolokasi memiliki 9 data dengan 12%, dan general word memiliki 6 data dengan 8%. Pengulangan kata mendominasi jenis kohesi leksikal dan general word paling sedikit muncul. Sebagai dampak dari jenis kohesi leksikal yang dominan adalah pengulangan kata membuat makna lagu menjadi lebih dalam dan pendengar akan lebih bisa menghayati emosi mereka dalam lagu.
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