In this thesis, the writer analyzed only one book from Holy Bible is: Book Three in The New Testament Luke. Luke the third book of the New Testament.
This book explains about an account of the life and ministry of Jesus of Nazareth. It details HIS story from the event of HIS birth to HIS ascension. Luke book
contains important advice and guidance for life. This book also was written in a unique style of
writing and contains some figurative of speech
also the writer love is and interested in analyzing this object. And must we remember that this is the only object of analysis
as a key to get graduation. Another reason for
choosing the data from the Book Three in The New Testament because it is interesting and the writer wants to know the
interpretation of meaning between the literal and non-literal contained in that it Holy Book so that can be applied in our life. And for society by reading this thesis later, this is
enable them to improve new knowledge especially abou figurative expression non- literal meaning.
1.2 Problems of the Study
This analysis is a study of semantics, which focuses on the use of the non- literal meaning found in the Holy Bible. In this case the text that is being analyzed
book Three of The New Testament. In this analysis, the writer has some questions as the problem of the analysis:
a. What kinds of figurative expressions are found in Book Three of The new Testament?
b. What are the literal meanings of the figurative expressions found in Book Three of The new Testament?
c. What are the frequencies of the figurative expression in Book Three of The New Testament ?
1.3 Objectives of the study
Related to the problems of the study, the objectives of this analysis are: a. To find out the types of figurative expressions in Luke of Book Three.
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b. To describe the literal meanings of the figurative expressions in Luke of Book Three.
c. To find out the frequency of figurative expression used in Book Three of The New Testament.
1.4 Scope of the Study
The writer limited the scope to obtain a clear and detailed picture of the matter that is being analyzed. In this book there are 11 pages, 24 sections and has
1151 verses There are various figurative expressions found in the literally works, but in this thesis the scope of the analysis is only the text which have figurative
expressions in Book Three of the new Testament. And the types of figurative expressions which was analyzed in this thesis are simile, metaphor, hyperbole,
metonymy, personification, synecdoche, and irony.
1.5 Significance of the Study
This study can be useful for improving knowledge of the writer in interpreting the text to understand the real meaning of the Bible. Practically this
thesis is expected to contribute something useful to the readers whose major is language in terms of semantics, especially in non-literal meaning. Eventhough the
data that they will analyze are different from those in thesis. It also can be used as their review of related literature or as the basic to analyze in semantics’ point of
view.
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CHAPTER II REVIEW RELATED LITERATURE
2.1 Semantic Theory
