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Table 3.1 Lyrics of Lullabies Play Songs LULLABIES PLAY SONGS
No. Title
Lyric
1. 2.
3.
Table 3.1 is used to record the whole lyrics of songs. Each lyric was obtained by copying them from their original sources. Besides, the researcher also
searched their MP3 or audio version. Since a number of song lyrics showed in the sources were not the same as their audio version, the researcher made some
revision or transcribed them manually to result the fixed and final lyrics. In other words, the researcher did some cross-checking process to ensure the accuracy
between the songs and their lyrics. Then, when there were words indicating sound symbolism found in the lyrics, the researcher marked the words in bold type to be
more visible for the readers.
E. Data Analysis Technique
To analyze the collected data, there were several techniques implemented. After the data gathering process, the researcher determined which sound
symbolism category fitting the words marked in bold type by referring to the theory of sound symbolism stated by Hinton et al. 1994. This step was regarded
as the classification technique of this research. To conduct this classification, the researcher created a table comprising a number of columns consisting of the songs
25 title, the songs line where the words are located in, the sound symbolic word, the
sound symbolic categories filled by putting a check, and the frequency of sound symbolism occurrences. Table 3.2 presents all of the aforementioned contents.
Table 3.2 Classification of Sound Symbolism Categories in Lullabies Play Songs
LULLABIES PLAY SONGS
No. Title
Line Sound
Symbolic Word
Base Form Sound
Symbolism Category
Frequency
Co rpo
re a
l Imita
tiv e
Sy nes
thet ic
Co nv
ent io
na l
1. 2.
3.
Table 3.2 provides the song lines column because it also played an important role in determining sound symbolism category. Besides, the context
brought in the songs line might influence the decision whether a word was a sound symbolic word or not. An example depicting that context participated in
determining whether a word belongs to a sound symbolic word or not is illustrated in Excerpt 3.1.
