FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN WRIGHT’S CASE NO. 39

Nurdiana, Riska (2018) FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN WRIGHT’S CASE NO. 39. S1 thesis, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta.

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Abstract

This study focuses on the use of figurative language in a mystery movie, Wright’s Case No. 39. The manner of writing by adopting figurative language has been found helpful to trigger the reader’s anxiety and to support the mysteriousness of the story. This research is under the scope of stylistics which is aimed to (1) identify types of figurative language; and (2) explain the functions of figurative language in Wright’s Case No. 39. Qualitative method was employed to scrutinize the data which were in the form of utterances which contain kinds of figurative language by including the data frequency to support the explanation of the findings. The quantity of the data findings helped to show the dominance and lesser amount of types and functions of figurative language in Wright’s Case No. 39. The contexts of the data were dialogues and their setting in Wright’s Case No. 39. The main instrument of the study was data sheet. After being collected, the data were classified and interpreted based on the types and functions of figurative language by Perrine (1969). To make sure the data were acceptable and valid, trustworthiness was employed through peer triangulation process. The research reveals two findings. Firstly, eight out of twelve types of figurative language are employed by the characters in Wright’s Case No. 39. They are metaphor (2), simile (5), metonymy (7), synecdoche (5), paradox (12), irony (2), hyperbole (7), and litotes (6). Paradox is always used by some characters to catch the meaning by employing contradictory statement to reveal a truth. Because of investigating a series of clue, it needs to apply a statement that can help to reveal the truth. It helps to collect the evidence to solve the problem of the story. Secondly, in Wright’s Case No. 39, the use of figurative language mostly creates specific functions. They are to give imaginative pleasure (3), to give additional imagery (18), to add emotional intensity (26), and to concrete the meaning in the brief compass (18). Through these functions, the characters try to create tension in discovering clues; that is why the language can trigger the reader’s emotion. Keywords: stylistics, figurative language, Wright’s Case No. 3

Item Type:	Thesis (S1)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	stylistics, figurative language, Wright’s Case No. 39
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:	04 Apr 2018 01:39
Last Modified:	30 Jan 2019 16:11
URI:	http://eprints.uny.ac.id/id/eprint/56350

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