Oleh : Selfitrida A. Yani, Hermansyah
Diterbitkan di : BISMAN INFO
Volume : 8 No : 3 Desember 2021
Penerbit : Politeknik Unggul LP3M
ISSN : 2355-150X
Abstrak
Song as piece of music with words that are sung has a function to express the thoughts and feelings. Song is one of the media to convey one's ideas, messages, feelings, and creativities. Song lyrics contain aesthetic and artistic values that are displayed through the use of various types of language styles. Language style is an idea from the author (the user of the language) which is poured through the vocabulary imaginatively so that the reader or listener has different views and creates a certain meaning. One of famous singer is Sami Yusuf. Sami Yusuf is a singer and songwriter. In the album Without You there are seven songs from eleven song that use English. The purpose of this research is to describe kind of language style in selected song lyrics on Without You album by Sami Yusuf. The songs are My Only Wish, Without You, In Every Tear He is There, Forever Palestine, A Thousand Times, Anything for You, and Not in My Name. The research used theory Language style by Henry Guntur Tarigan. The researcher uses descriptive qualitative method. The researcher finds 45 data and 3 types of language style. Comparison language style are; personification (1), metaphor (9), simile (3), tautology (1). Contradictory language style is hyperbole (11). Repetitive language styles are alliteration (3), anaphora (8), assonance (6), and epizeukis (3).
Kata Kunci : song, song lyric, language style, Sami Yusuf