Munir, Ahmad (2014) A STYLISTIC ANALYSIS OF BARACK OBAMA’S SECOND INAUGURAL ADDRESS. S1 thesis, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta.
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Abstract
This research is considered as a stylistic analysis since it explores the style of Barack Obama’s second inaugural address. The objectives of this study are (1) to reveal and explain the use of figurative language in Barack Obama’s second inaugural address and (2) to identify the lexical and syntactic structures of the sentences in which the figurative language is used in Barack Obama’s second inaugural address. This research employed a descriptive qualitative method since it emphasized on describing the use of figurative language in Barack Obama’s second inaugural address. The main instrument in this research was the researcher himself. The data were taken from Barack Obama’s second inaugural address. The technique of data collection in this research was note-taking. The researcher applied textual analysis since he referred to the theories when analyzing the data. To achieve the trustworthiness, the data were triangulated by three students majoring in linguistics. As a result, this research reveals the following findings. First, Barack Obama employs seven types of figurative language in his second inaugural address. They are metaphor, synecdoche, hyperbole, personification, metonymy, paradox, and simile. The most frequent type is metaphor which occurs 16 times, and the least one is simile which occurs only once. The other types occur between 3-10 times. The intentions of creating figurative language are to realize a new and different meaning of an object, to emphasize the idea being talked about, to give a more complete understanding of a concept, to give more profound meaning to common ideas, to reveal an insight truth of self-contradictory concept, and to create a mental image of something in the audience’s mind. The second finding reveals the lexical and syntactic structures of sentences in which the figurative language is employed. The analysis of lexical structure shows that the figurative language is employed in the form of words, phrases and clauses. Furthermore, the analysis of syntactic structure shows that the figurative language in Barack Obama’s second inaugural address is employed in simple, complex and compound sentences. Barack Obama achieves effectiveness by the use of figurative language in his second inaugural address. By employing figurative language in his second inaugural address, Obama can attract the audience’s attention, avoid monotony and make his second inaugural address memorable.
| Item Type: | Thesis (S1) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | stylistics, inaugural address, figurative language |
| Subjects: | Bahasa dan Sastra > Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris |
| Divisions: | Fakultas Bahasa, Seni dan Budaya (FBSB) > Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris > Sastra Inggris |
| Depositing User: | Admin Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris FBS |
| Date Deposited: | 25 May 2015 07:00 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Jan 2019 22:46 |
| URI: | http://eprints.uny.ac.id/id/eprint/19331 |
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