SEMANTIC DEVIATION IN LANG LEAV’S LOVE AND MISADVENTURE: A STYLISTIC STUDY

Prima Sabrina Ndaru Lestari, English Literature Study Program, Faculty of Languages and Arts, Yogyakarta State University, Indonesia

Abstract


Abstract

This study falls under stylistics research as it mainly deals with the use of style in language, particularly in literary work. It aims to identify types and functions of semantic deviation found in Lang Leav’s Love and Misadventure. This research applied descriptive qualitative method. The data were expressions found in Lang Leav’s Love and Misadventure. The context of this data was poem. The primary instrument of this research was the researcher herself whilst data sheet was used to help the researcher to collect and analyse the data. Trustworthiness of this study was achieved through triangulation by the supervisor, by other researchers, and by theories. The results of the research are as follows. First, out of twelve types of semantic deviation, there are only ten types employed in Leav’s Love and Misadventure, namely: 1) periphrasis, 2) oxymoron, 3) paradox, 4) synecdoche, 5) metonymy, 6) metaphor, 7) simile, 8) hyperbole, 9) litotes, and 10) irony. Metaphor is the prominent type used in this work. It is because metaphor gives the broadest freedom for creativity. Second, there are four functions found, namely: 1) to bring additional imaginary, 2) to add emotional intensity, 3) to afford imaginative pleasure, and 4) to say much in brief compass. To say much in brief compass is the dominant function. This is because Leav has the tendency to make her poems condense by using expressions which are common in daily life. In addition, it is in accordance that the context of the data is poem.

 

Keywords: stylistics, semantic deviation, function, Love and Misadventure

 

Abstrak

Penelitian ini berada dibawah ranah stilistika yang berkaitan dengan penggunaan gaya bahasa dalam karya sastra. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengidentifikasikan tipe dan fungsi dari deviasi semantik yang teraplikasikan dalam karya Lang Leav yang berjudul Love and Misadventure. Konteks data dari penelitian ini adalah dalam bentuk puisi. Instrumen utama adalah peneliti table data digunakan untuk membantu peneliti. Tingkat kebenaran penelitian ini dicapai dengan triangulasi dengan pembimbing, peniliti lain dan teori. Hasil dari penelitian ini difokuskan sesuai objektif. Pertama, dari dua belas tipe deviaisi semantik, hanya ada sepuluh tipe yang ditemukan dalam Leav’s Love and Misadventure, yaitu: 1) perifrasis, 2) oksimoron, 3) paradoks, 4) sinokdoke, 5) metonimia, 6) metafor, 7) simile, 8) hiperbola, 9) litotes, dan 10) ironi. Metafor adalah tipe deviasi semantik yang paling menonjol dalam karya ini karena metafor memberikan keleluasaan terbesar bagi penulis untuk mengekspresikan kreativitas. Kedua, ada empat fungsi yang diaplikasikan, yaitu: 1) untuk memberi detail imajinasi, 2) untuk menambah intensitas emosi, 3) untuk menyajikan kepuasan imajinatif, and 4) untuk mengungkapkan sesuatu secara singkat. Untuk mengugkapkan sesuatu secara singkat adalah fungsi yang paling dominan. Ini dikarenakan Leav punya kecenderungan untuk menyampaikan puisi-puisinya secara singkat menggunakan ekspresi yang umum dikeseharian. Ini juga berhubungan dengan bentuk data yang adalah puisi.

 

Kata kunci: stilistika,deviasi semantik , fungsi, Love and Misadventure

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