Journal of Language Education and Development (JLed)
Vol 1 No 2 (2019): Vol 1 No 2 July (2019): Journal of Language Education and Development

A DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE USED IN THE LECTURE OF USTAD ABDUL SOMAD LC.MA.

Shally Amna (UPI YPTK PADANG)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Jul 2019

Abstract

The research is aimed to analyze a discourse of figurative languages used in the lecture of Ustad Abdul Somad, LC.MA. (UAS) which is held in Pasaman District, West Sumatera province.The research is qualitatively descriptive approached. In conducting the research, the data are collected by using documentation technique. The data are categorized by referring to Perrine’s category namely personification, metaphor, hyperbole and paradox. The Data are transcript from Indonesian language into English language. To analyze the data, the research uses discourse analysis and descriptive method. The findings of the research are 98 expressions of figurative languages found in the lecture of UAS for 70 minutes namely 34.6 % the expressions of paradox, 25.5% the expressions of hyperbole, 20.4% the expression of metaphor and 19.3 % the expression of personification. These figures are analyzed by using the context of the utterances.

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Abbrev

pbi

Publisher

Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Journal of Language Education Development (JLed) is an open access journal. This journal managed by the English Study Program at STKIP Muhammadiyah Muara Bungo. Its global audience includes linguists, journalists, broadcasters, writers, teachers, students and others who have a professional or ...