Institusion
Universitas Bung Hatta
Author
Rahmat, Rahmat
Nova, Rina
Al, Azwad Fauzan
Subject
PR English literature
Datestamp
2020-07-01 02:36:01
Abstract :
In this thesis, the writer attempts to find out lexical cohesion in song lyrics of
Michael Jackson Album entitled Dangerous to determine the types of lexical
cohesion and the function of lexical cohesion as found in Michael Jackson?s song.
The research used a descriptive qualitative method. The data of this research are
the words, the phrases and sentences in Song lyrics. The data collected by reading
every single words and sentences in the song, and categorized the collected data
based on the types of lexical cohesion of Halliday and Hasan. The writer found
four types lexical cohesion used reiteration: repetition, synonymy, antonymy and
superordinate, hyponymy and collocation. Based on the findings, it can be
concluded that there are five types of lexical cohesion in Michael Jackson song?s
lyric. The most appears from lexical cohesion found in Michael Jackson Song
lyric is repetition.
Keyword: cohesion, lexical cohesion, qualitative, song lyric