AN ANALYSIS OF IDIOMATIC EXPRESSION FOUND IN FROZEN II

ABSTRACT As a second language learner, it became difficult to learn and interpret idioms because they were different from people who grew up using English as their first language and had recognized the meaning of idioms. A second language learner who did not learn idioms had difficulty understanding the meaning of idioms when other people used it eventhough they could speak English. It was because the meaning of idioms was unpredictable by grammatical rules. The objective of the research was to know the types of idiomatic expressions and the dominant type found in Frozen II Movie. This research was qualitative descriptive research that used documentation in collecting the data. The instruments of this research were documents and the theory of idiomatic expression by McCarthy and O'Dell. Five steps used to analyze the data were organized and prepared, read through, analyze with the coding process, categorized and themed, and interpret the meaning. This research focused on analyzing the types of idiomatic expressions found in Frozen II. The results of the analysis showed that: first, 5 types of idiomatic expressions were found based on McCarthy and O‟Dell‟s theory: simile, cliché, fixed statement, euphemism, and proverb. The data showed that there were 31 idiomatic expressions found in the movie, 2 simile type idioms, 4 cliché type idioms, 15 fixed statement type idioms, 4 euphemism type idioms, and 6 proverb type idioms. Second, the data showed that 31 idiomatic expressions had different percentages on the number of idioms that appeared in the movie. Simile idiom had 6,4% frequently used, cliché idiom had 12,9% frequently used, fixed statement idiom had 48,3% frequently used, euphemism idiom had 12,9% frequently used, and proverb idiom had 19,5% frequently used. It was made fixed statement and proverb were the dominant types of idiomatic expressions used in Frozen 2 Movie. Keywords: Descriptive Qualitative Research, Frozen II Movie, Idiomatic Expression