TABLE OF CONTENTS

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TITLE…………………………………………………………………………………i

APPROVAL………………………………………………………………………… ii

LEGITIMACY……………………………………………………………………...iii

AGREEMENT………………………………………………………………………iv

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS…………………………………………………………...v

TABLE OF CONTENT……………………………………………………………vii

ABSTRAK …………………………………………………………………………..ix

ABSTRACT…………………………………………………………………………xi

CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………..1

A. Background……………………………………………………………………1

B. Identification of Problem ……………………………………………………..2

C. Scope of Problem ………………………………………………………..........2

D. Research Questions…………………………………………...........................3

E. Objectives of Study ……………………………………………………...........3

F. Significance of Study………………………………………………………….3

CHAPTER II : LITERATURE REVIEW…………………………………………4

A. Previous Studies…………...……………………………………………........4

B. Theoretical Framework ………………………………………………………6

1. Semantics……………………………………………………………...6

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 2. Meaning (Linguistics)…………………………………………………6

3. Songs…………………………………………………………………..8

4. Figurative Language…………………………………………………..8

5. Type of Figurative Language…………………….................................9

a. Smile………………………………………………………………10

b. Methapor…………………………………………………………..10

c. Personification……………………………………………..............11

d. Hyperbole……………………………………………………….....11

e. Metonymy………………………………………………………....12

f. Synecdoche………………………………………………...............12

g. Allegory……………………………………………………….......13

h. Repition……………………………………………………….......13

i. Symbol…………………………………………………………......13

j. Oxymoron…………………………………………………….........14

CHAPTER III : METHODOLOGY………………………………………………15

A. Type of Research…………………………………………………………….15

B. Sources Of Data….………………………………………………………….15

C. Library Research…………………………………………………………….15

D. The Method of Collecting Data …………………………………………….15

E. The Method of Analyzing Data……………………………………...............16

CHAPTER IV : FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION………………………………..17

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 A. Kind of Figurative Languange……………………………………………….17

1. Halo…………………………………………………………………..17

2. If were a boy…………………………………………………………20

3. Pretty hurts…………………………………………………………...21

4. Love on top………………………………………………………….24.

5. Irreplaceable………………………………………………………….26

B. Meanings of Figurative Language…………………………………………...27

C. The dominant types of figurative Language in Beyonce’s Selected Song…..32

CHAPTER V : CONCLUSION……………………………………………………33

A. Conclusion……………………………………………………………………..33

B. Suggestion……………………………………………………………………..34

BIBLIOGRAPHY

APPENDICES

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