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An Analysis of Figurative Languages Used in Mark Manson’ Book Entitled “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living A Good Life”

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Title An Analysis of Figurative Languages Used in Mark Manson’ Book Entitled “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living A Good Life”
 
Creator Maulidia, Fajriah Nurul
 
Description The objectives of the study are to identify the types of the figurative language found in the book and provide the contextual meaning of the found figurative language. The method used in collecting the data related to the subject of this research is documentation method, and this research was conducted by seeking any relevant data and information about the focus of the study from books and internet that are available for the analysis. The data collection was done by following these steps: reading the book, and then selecting sentences that have figurative language from the book. While the steps to analyze the data are identifying the types of figurative language on each sentence according to Leech, determining the contextual meaning of the figurative language, and eventually interpreting the data. The result shows that there are 274 figurative languages. Simile is at 18.2%. Afterwards, Litotes takes the second most found figurative language about 15.3%, and then Metaphor gets 14.2%. On the lowest point at 8.4 % are Personification and Irony. The rest types of figurative languages, Hyperbole, Metonymy, and Oxymoron, have various percentages at 10.9% for Hyperbole, 12.7% for Metonymy, and 12% for Oxymoron. It can be concluded that figurative language plays important roles in this book. Figurative language makes the novel more attractive to read, and helps the readers imagine the story, the circumstances, and the character based on what the author has illustrated. Hence, the imagination created by the reader is still in context of the story.
 
Publisher Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan Universitas Islam Kadiri
 
Date 2022-03-31
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://ejournal.uniska-kediri.ac.id/index.php/EDULINK/article/view/2379
10.32503/edulink.v4i1.2379
 
Source EDULINK EDUCATION AND LINGUISTICS KNOWLEDGE JOURNAL; Vol 4 No 1 (2022): Education and Linguistics Knowledge Journal (Edulink); 14-29
2686-1860
2686-1887
10.32503/edulink.v4i1
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://ejournal.uniska-kediri.ac.id/index.php/EDULINK/article/view/2379/1506
 
Rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0