Semantics Study of Hyperbole in Beauty and The Beast Movie

The purpose of this research is to explain the figurative language especially hyperbole in Beauty and the Beast movie. It includes the type of hyperbole, the form of hyperbole, and the function of hyperbole. This research employs Ferre’s (2014) theory of hyperbole, Claudia’s (2011) theory of the form of hyperbole, and Sperber and Wilson’s (1995) theory of the function of hyperbole. In this research, 72 data containing hyperbole are found in the movie of Beauty and the Beast—words, phrases, and clauses. This research belongs to descriptive qualitative by applying purposive sampling. According to the analysis, 2 types of hyperbole, 7 forms of hyperbole, and 6 functions of hyperbole are identified in this research. Two types of hyperbole contain quality scales; positive evaluations and negative evaluations, quantity scales. Besides, seven forms of hyperbole are single-word hyperbole, phrasal hyperbole, clausal hyperbole. numerical hyperbole, role of superlative, comparison hyperbole, repetition hyperbole. Then, six functions of hyperbole include emphasis, humor / sarcasm, persuasion, communication of ideas, emotions, and images, creation of strong feelings and impressions, showing something impossible to happen. In the type of hyperbole, quality scales; negative evaluations appear more frequently than the other. Clausal hyperbole, in the form of hyperbole, appears more frequently, while the one that appears the least is repetition hyperbole. Meanwhile, dealing with the function of hyperbole, emphasis is mostly found in the movie, and the one that appears the least is showing something impossible to happen. The suggestion for the reader is to use other theories in analyzing hyperbole in another field