Abstract :
This thesis entitled An Analysis of Idiomatic Expression Found in Adele?s Lyrics Song.
This thesis about analyze types of idiomatic expression and meaning in the Adele?s lyrics song.
In this analyze use Adam Makkai 1972 theory that divided types of idiom into 6 types those are
Phrasal Verb idiom, Tournure idiom, Irreversible Binomial idom, phrasal compound idiom,
Incorporating Verbs idiom, and the last Pseudo idiom.
Research method and collection the data that used in this research is descriptive
qualitative method based on Berg 1989 in Mariani 2003:45 theory which qualitative research
referred to the meaning, concepts, definitions, characteristic, metaphors, symbols and description
of the things. There are 56 idiomatic expression found in 3 types of idiom those are Phrasal Verb
idiom, Tournure idiom and Irreversible Binomial idom. Whereas another idiom could not be
found by the writer during the analysis. This research found the meaning of idiom expression the
most as a contextual meaning.