REGISTERAL REPRESENTATION OF LYRICS IN OASIS SONG.

REGISTERAL REPRESENTATION OF LYRICS IN OASIS SONG
A THESIS
Submitted to as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements
for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra

By:

RIO SITORUS
Registration Number.2123220032

ENGLISH AND LITERATURE DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGES AND ARTS
STATE UNIVERSITY OF MEDAN
2017

ABSTRACT

Sitorus, Rio. 2123220032. Registeral Representation of Lyrics in Oasis Song.
A Thesis. Faculty of Languages and Arts. State University of Medan. 2017.
This study was an analysis and identify the registeral representation of lyrics in
Oasis song. This aimed to analyzed what register are implied and why the register

realized in the lyrics of Oasis song. The data was analyzed by Halliday’s theory
about the three dimensions of register analysis; field tenor and mode, and
identified by Joos’ theory of five language register; static (frozen), formal,
consultative, casual, and intimate of five selected lyrics song of Oasis; Gas Panic,
Put Yer Money Where Yer Mouth Is, Half the World Away, Underneath the Sky
and Wonderwall. The data analysed and identified in the form of text, sentence,
clause, phrase and word. The descriptive-qualitative method was used in the
analyzing of three dimensions of register and identifying the language register.
The result of the study had been discovered and clarified the registeral
representation the lyrics by explained the result based on the the theory.
Keyword : Lyrics, Registeral, Representation, Song

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
First of all, the writer would like to thanks to Allah SWT and the Prophet
Muhammad SAW for the blessings during his academic years at English and
Literature Department, Faculty of Languages and Arts (FBS), the State University
of Medan, in completing the thesis. The writer also would like extend his thanks
to the following people:



Prof. Dr. Syawal Gultom, M.Pd., the Rector of State University of
Medan.



Dr. Isda Pramuniati, M.Hum., the Dean of Faculty of Languages and
Arts (FBS) State University of Medan.



Prof. Dr. Hj. Sumarsih, M.Pd., the Head of English and Literature
Department as well as Dra. Meisuri, M.A., the Secretary of English and
Literature Department for their encouragement and motivation during the
writing of the thesis. Syamsul Bahri, S.S, M.Hum., the Head of English
Literature Program and Nora Ronita Dewi, S.Pd, S.S, M.Hum., the Head
of English Education Program for their encouragement to complete the
thesis.




Prof. Amrin Saragih, M.A., Ph.D., his First Consultant, who had always
motivated him to finish the thesis by giving advices, supervising, giving
comments and corrections during completing this thesis and also for Elisa
Betty Manullang, S.S., M.Hum., as his Second Consultant, who always
gave him spirit in supervising, comments and correction and also Safrida
Lubis, S.Pd., M.Hum., as his Academic Advisor for giving advices and
supervising during his academic year.



Eis Sri Wahyuni, M.Pd., the Administration Staff of English Department,
who helped him to fulfill this thesis.



All the Lecturers of English and Literature Department during her
academic year at State University of Medan, who have taught and given
knowledge to complete this thesis.


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His beloved parents, Heri Paula Sitorus and Jumi Silalahi, who have
patiently given her encouragement, financial support, their love and
prayers, as well as his beloved sisters and brothers, Juliana Sitorus; Rina
Sitorus; Rivana Sitorus; Ricki D. Sitorus, S.Kom; Rita Sitorus; Rizal
Sitorus; Sela; Yuniar, who had been good siblings all the time, and his
lover Rendina Pradipta, who has been gave him spirit from her support.



His beloved friends Aguni, S.S; Boy, S.S; Anto, S.S; Paldi, S.S; Tyo,
S.S; Juli, S.S; Ridho, S.S; Reza, S.S; DonJo, S.S; DonSe, S.S; Via, S.S;
Diah, S.S; Syulika, S.S; Anjas, S.S; Dede, S.S, and all his friends and
classmates in English Literature B 2012 and Literature A 2012 for the
support and time in motivated and accompanied him during the academic
year.




His beloved community, members of CSKA Belawan, Alumnus 9, PLC
and Community of Vespa in Medan

Medan, April 2017
The writer,

Rio Sitorus
NIM.2123220032

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Pages
ABSTRACT................................................................................................... .

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT........................................................................... ..

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TABLE OF CONTENT .................................................................................

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LIST OF TABLE ........................................................................................... vii
LIST OF FIGURE ......................................................................................... viii
LIST OF APPENDIX.....................................................................................

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CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION
A. The Background of the Study ...............................................

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B. The Problems of the Study .....................................................


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C. The Scope of the Study .........................................................

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D. The Objective of the Study . ..................................................

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E. The Significances of the Study .............................................

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1. Theoretically ....................................................................

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2. Practically.........................................................................


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CHAPTER II. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
A. Theoretical Framework .........................................................

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1. Sociolinguistics ..................................................................

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a. Varieties of Language ...................................................

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1) 1. Standard variety ................................................. 10
2) 2. Regional Dialect ................................................ 10
3) 3. Sociolect ............................................................ 10


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4) 4. Register .............................................................. 11
2. Systemic Functional Linguistics ..................................... 11
3. Text and Context ............................................................. 12
4. Register ........................................................................... 13
a. Field ............................................................................... 14
b. Tenor ............................................................................. 14
c. Mode.............................................................................. 16
5. Language of Register ......................................................... 16
a. Static (frozen) Register .................................................. 17
b. Formal Register ............................................................. 18
c. Consultatives Register ................................................... 18
d. Casual Register.............................................................. 18
e. Intimate Register ........................................................... 19
6. Song ................................................................................... 19
7. Lyrics.................................................................................. 21
8. Oasis Band ......................................................................... 22
B. Conceptual Framework .......................................................... 23
C. Relevant Studies ..................................................................... 25

CHAPTER III. RESEARCH METHOD
A. Research Design ..................................................................... 28
B. The Source of the Data ........................................................... 28
C. Techniques of Collecting Data ............................................... 29
D. Techniques of Anlyzing Data................................................. 29

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CHAPTER IV. DATA AND DATA ANALYSIS
A. Data ....................................................................................

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B. Data Analysis......................................................................

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C. Research Finding ...............................................................

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D. Discussions ......................................................................... 52
CHAPTER V. CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
A. Conclusion .......................................................................... 54
B. Suggestion .......................................................................... 55
REFERENCES ......................................................................................... 56
APPENDIX..................................................................................................... 58

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LIST OF TABLES
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Table 2.1 Language of register ........................................................................ 24
Table 4.1 The identifying result of Register Language ................................

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LIST OF FIGURE
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Figure 2.1 Register Variable ..........................................................................

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LIST OF APPENDIX
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Appendix .......................................................................................................... 58

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CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION

A. The Bacground of the Study
An essential thing to people communicate is a language. Language has
a lot of function in daily life. People use language for different purpose for
communication, persuation, information, introduction, negotiation, and for
socialization. It is called essential due to the role of it is very important to
the maintance of human life. Without language, they will difficult to
interact with other. Through communication process, they can change their
minds, ideas, thoughts, and intentions. They can also deliver messages to
others. In conducting communication, people need a medium to express
their intentions and messages. Warduagh (1992: 8) states that language
allows people to say things to each other and expresses communicate need.
In short, language is constantly used by humans in their daily life as a
means of communication.
Basically, communication used by more than one person. For most people,
Biber and Conrad (2009: 1) state that communication is the most common
type of spoken language that they produce. But people typically listen to
many different kinds of spoken language: television shows, commercials,
radio or television news reports, classroom lectures, political speeches,
sermons, and so on. It is caused by the reality that the main function of

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language is for communicating. Therefore, while language is used, it needs
the addressee as the informant and the addresser as the information taker.
Both of those communicators will be having in a context, where the topic
talks about. Context can be defined as anything that accompanies a text. In
context, a text devided into two part spoken and written. In spoken form it
involves the number of speakers, and in written form usually signalled by
punctuation. According to Halliday (2002: 55), the enviroment, or social
context, of language is structured as a field of significant social action, a
tenor of role relationship and a mode of symbolic organization. Taken
together these constitute the situation or context of situation of a text. It
means that the context of situation is technically termed registers).
According to Halliday (1985 : 29), register is variety of language based
on the speaker. It means that language which is used based on what is
being done and the nature of its activities. In certain group or community,
the people who live there usually use the language that is different from
others. According to Halliday (1985 : 29), the linguistic features (specific
expressions, lexico-grammatical and phonological features) and the
particular values of the three dimensions of field, mode and tenor
determine the functional variety of a language. These three parameters can
be used to specify the context of situation in which language is used. Field
of discourse focuses on the entire situation, mode of discourse determines
the function of language in particular situation, and tenor refers to the type
of role interaction.

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People and a song can not be separated in life. A song is a single (and
often stand alone) work of music intended to be sung by the human voice
with distinct and fixed pitches and patterns using sound and silence and a
variety of forms that often include the repetition of sections. Written words
created specifically for music or for which music is specifically created,
are called lyrics or texts. Lyric is words that make up a song usually
consisting of verses and choruses, in making process is not seldom the
songwriters use the uniqueness word in it sometimes make the audiences
difficult to get the intent of comprehension due to the use of language
variation. Such as, some distinctive features that give the song their
identity, the integrated features, recurrent features, and also the striking
and marked use of word in order to enhance effective transfer of message.
Based on that problem, the researcher is interested in analyzing the register
variation in selected songs of Oasis in order to help the audience
understand the purpose of the texts Oasis Songs. The researcher selected
the texts of Oasis because many songs from its interest to analyse in order
to helping the audience to understand the texts talk about what, who the
target is, and how the texts influence the audience (field, tennor, mode).

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B. The Problem of the Study
With refersed to the problems of study are formulated as the following :
1. What registeral representation are implied in the lyrics of Oasis song?
2. Why are the registeral represention realized in the lyrics of Oasis
song?
C. The Objective of the Study
Related to the problems the objectives of the study are :
1. to discover registeral representation are implied the lyrics of Oasis
song.
2. to clarify the registeral representation in the lyrics of Oasis song.
D. The Scope of the Study
This study is focus on analyzing five of Oasis song (Gas Panic, Put Yer
Money where Yer Mouth is, Half the World Away, Underneath the Sky, and
Wonderwall). All of them put from various albums of Oasis, where according
the researcher lyric of them representative of register.
E. The Significance of the Study
Finding of the study are expected to after significance theoretically and
practically.

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1. Theoretically, finding of the study can :
a. enriches sources of registeral study and adding new horizon to
linguistics study, and
b. become reference for further study.
2. Practically, finding of the study can be used :
a. to described register variable: field, mode and tenor.
b.

to be sources for the texts song, especially Oasis’ fans in
Indonesia.

c. to give information how to create a good songs according to the
condition and situation, for others singer.

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