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A Study Of Idioms Used In Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children Novel
This study is about the use of idiom in a novel entitled Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children.The aim of this study is to find out whether or not idioms are found in the novel, the type of idiom based on Chris’ theory (2021), and the meanings of idioms found in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs. The object of the study was the English idiom in the novel Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs. The data were the phrases or words found in the novel. The data was collected in a particular way called a data collection method. The researcher collected the data by utilizing purposive sampling or judgment sampling. The theory that the researcher used for the data analysis is by Creswell (2009) and the categorizations using Chris (2021) theory. First, the data were identified to prove whether or not there were idioms. Second, the data were classified based on the types of idiom by Chris (2010). Third, the data were counted to get the percentage of each type of idioms. Then, the data were analyzed to understand the meaning of the collected data. Based on data analysis, there were found 51 idioms in the novel. Based on the analysis of the sentence in the novel, from 51 were classified into 7 types of idiom offered by Chris used. The researcher found there were 23 data of prepositional idiom with 45% percentage, 6 data of partial idiom with 13,7% percentage, 6 data of binomial with 11,7% percentage, 5 data of pure idiom 9,8% percentage, 4 Data of euphemism with 7,8% percentage, 3 data of cliché with 5,8% percentage, and 3 data of other languages with 5,8% percentage.
Key Words: Idiom, Novel
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