20 The sun smiles at me can be the example of personification. That is
personification because the sun is an inanimate thing, but it is made that it can smile at someone. Smiling is an activity that can only be done by animate things.
That sentence can mean that the sun rises and shines warmly to the earth.
11. Indirect Requests
According to Jay 2003, p. 313 , an indirect request is “a request for actions
stated obliquely. ” He further explains that “indirect requests are not literally
meant to do what is expressed on the surface la yer” p. 327. The meaning
intended of the indirect requests is in the deeper layer which is derived from the figurative language of the requests p. 328. The indirect requests are intended to
be done. Moreover, the indirect requests will be honored if “the addresses have the ability to comply, the desire to comply whether sooner or later, and a good
reason to comply” p. 328. Jay 2003, p. 328 explains that if someone literally answers the interlocutor
Sure I can to Can you pass the salt? the indirect request is not delivered well since it is not cooperative. In this case, the speaker wants the addressee to pass the
salt by requesting politely.
12. Contextual Expressions
According to Bethlehem 1996, contextual expressions are expressions “whose the meanings depend on the discourse analysis” p. 112. Gerrig 1989
gives an example that the meaning of door and cave in the sentences We really PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
21 ought to get the cave man and We really ought to get the doorman is the same.
The meaning is the same because the context clarifies the words meaning. If there is no context in the conversation, then the meaning of door and cave is different
as cited in Colston, 2015, p. 112.
C. Theoretical Framework
The researcher aims to analyze the types of figurative language found in t
he lyrics of The Script‟s album No Sound without Silence. There are two research problems already formulated. The first research problem is which types of
figurative language are found in th e lyrics of The Script‟s album No Sound
without Silence. The second research problem is which types of figurative language predominate in th
e lyrics of The Script‟s album No Sound without Silence.
The theoretical framework to study based on the review in the proceeding sections is synthesized and displayed in the following figure.
Figure 2.1 The Theoretical Framework
Lyric s
Types of figurative language:
1. Metaphor 2. Simile
3. Hyperbole 4. Meiosis
5. Idiomatic expressions 6. Rhetorical questions
7. Metonymy 8. Irony
9. Sarcasm 10. Personification
11. Indirect requests 12. Contextual
expressions Theories from Jay 2003
Theories from Lakoff and Johnson 2003
Theories from Colston 2015
Song Titles: 1. No Good in Goodbye
2. Man on a Wire 3. Never Seen Anything
Quite Like You 4. Army of Angels
5. Superheroes 6. Flares
7. It‟s for Right for You 8. The Energy Never Dies
9. Paint the Town Green 10. Hail Rain or Sunshine
11. Without those songs
