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an analysis of figurative language used on ricky montgomery’s songs
Figurative language is part of the semantic. As we know that with semantic
we can know the true meaning in a song. Figurative language is language which
employs various figures os speech. This analyses the figurative language are used in
Ricky Montgomery’s song lyrics. It is expected that the result of this study will be
useful for the students of linguistics since this study is done based on the theory of
figurative language. The benefit of figurative language and category used in this
thesis is that the readers will comprehend that such theory can be used to give clearer
and better understanding about the meanings of figurative language. Kind of
figurative language was found in Ricky Montgomery song selected songs lyric are
personification, simile, metaphor, hyperbole, irony, metonymy, oxymoron, litotes.
Figurative language in the song could make the readers understand that lyrics of the
song can describe messages that must be known by learning them deeply in terms of
categories. This study attempts to provide a description about figurative language in
human daily life. The type of data that is used in this study is a qualitative data. The
data analyzed in the study are some written texts. The texts discuss is song taken from
Ricky Montgomery song lyric . By these classifications, we can recognize well which
one includes each figurative speech. The result of this study will be able to give
contribution to the readers who are interested in learning and understanding or
interpreting those lyrics.
Keywords: Figurative Language, Song Lyrics, Ricky Montgomery
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