AN ANALYSIS OF LEXICAL RELATIONS IN LUKAS GRAHAM SELECTED SONG LYRICS

ABSTRACT Rosidah, Silvia Ilma. Student Regristered Number. 12203173125. 2020. An Analysis of Lexical Relations in Lukas Graham Selected Song Lyrics. Sarjana Thesis. English Education Department. Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training. State Islamic Institute (IAIN) of Tulungagung. Advisor: Nany Soengkono Madayani, SS., M.Pd. Keywords: Semantics, Lexical Relations, Lukas Graham, Song, Lyric. Lexical relations are important for understanding language and cognition. Because, lexical relations can teach how the word relate to each other and how human thought and preception get organized. In addition, people can use lexical relations to construct reference points for words, giving language more meaning. Also, Riemer (2010) says, knowing how a word is related to other terms in the language might aid the speaker. Lexical relation can analized from many aspects such as in a movie, newspaper, song lyrics, magazines, or the Qur’an. The statement of the research problem of this thesis; (1) The types of lexical relations found in Lukas Graham selected song lyrics. (2) The most dominant of lexical relations found in Lukas Graham selected song lyrics. (3) The intended meaning of Lukas Graham’s song lyrics. This study conducted by using a literature study with qualitative approach. The collection of the data used documentation. Then the data verification used triangulation. The findings show that the lyrics of Lukas Graham's songs contain several forms of lexical relation, they are: antonymy, synonymy, hyponymy, polysemy, homonymy and meronymy. The total of each type found in Lukas Graham’s song lyrics is 15 cases of antonyms found, 7 cases of synonyms that appear, 3 cases of hypnonyms that appear, 5 cases of polysemy found, 10 cases of homonyms found and 4 cases of meronyms that appear. From these events, the type of antonym that appears the most in Lukas Graham’s song lyrics