1. Introduction
The communication really assists us to interact
with others. The principle of communication is the understanding about what we
interacting are. To support the understanding we have to know the meaning. One
of study which learns meaning is semantics.
Semantics is the study of meaning in language.
Yule (2008:100) stated that “Linguistic semantics deals with the conventional
meaning conveyed by the use words, phrases, and sentences of a language”. It is
fact that meaning is a part of language, but this definition has not been
clearly delineated and given treatment in the study of language until very
recently. According to what mostly accepted by linguistics theory, meanings are
idea or concepts that can be transferred from the mind of the speaker to the mind
of the hearer by embodying them in the form of one language or another
(Ahmadin, 2008:16).
Kempson (1989:11) explained three main ways in
which linguist and philosophers have attempted to construct explanations of
meaning in natural language: (a) by defining the nature of word meaning, (b) by
defining the nature of sentence meaning, and (c) by explaining the process of
communication. In the first place, as the construct in which sentence meaning
and communication can be explained. Second, it is sentence meaning in which
systematic contribution constructs sentence meaning. Third, it is the construct
in which sentence and words are used in communication.
In this study, writer would like to analysis the
song of Westlife under the title of The Queen of My Hearth.
II.
Focus of Analysis
1. What are the figurative languages used in the song of Westlife under the title of “The
Queen of My Hearth”?
2. What are the lexical meaning used in the song of Westlife under the title of “The
Queen of My Hearth”?
III. Analysis
1.
Analysis
of figurative language
In
this context, firstly a writers show the lyric, secondly analyze the figurative
language that include in the song of Westlife under the title of “The Queen of My Hearth”.
Song Lyric of Westlife
“The
Queen of My Heart”
So
here we stand in our secret place
Where
the sound of the crowd is so far away 2
You
take my hand, and it feels like home
We
both understand, it’s where we belong
So
how do I say, do I say goodbye?
We
both have our dreams, we both wanna fly 6
So
let’s take tonight, to carry us through
The
lonely times 8
I’ll
always look back as I walk away 9
This
memory will last for eternity
And
all of our tears will be lost in the rain 11
When
I find my way back to your arms again 12
But
until that day you know you are
The
queen of my heart, the queen of my heart 14
So
let’s take tonight and never let go
While
dancing we’ll kiss, like there’s no tomorrow
As
the stars sparkle down, like a diamond ring 17
I’ll
treasure this moment till we meet again
But
no matter how far
Or
where you may be
I
just close my eyes
And
you’re in my dreams
And
there you will be until we meet
Oh
yeah
You’re
the queen of my heart
No
matter how many years it takes
I’ll
do it all to you, oh yeah
Oh
yes you are
The
queen of my heart
In
the phenomenal woman, there are many figurative languages, after a writer finds
the figurative language, and then the writer put them into table as below.
No.
|
Word
|
Figurative
Language
|
Line
|
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
|
sound of the crowd
we both wanna fly
The
lonely times
always look back
all
of our tears will be lost in the rain
I find my way back to your
arms
The queen of my heart
like
a diamond ring
|
Personification
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
Hyperbole
Personification
Hyperbole
Simile
|
2
6
8
9
11
12
14
17
|
2.
Analysis
of lexical meaning
§ Denotation
[QUEEN]
has meaning as a female sovereign who is the official ruler or head of state.
Besides it has meaning as a woman or thing personified as a woman considered
the best or most important of her kind. [HEART] has meaning as the hollow
muscular organ in vertebrates whose contractions propel the blood through the
circulatory system and it also has meaning as emotional mood or disposition.
§ Connotation
Connotation arises as words become related with certain
characteristic of item to which they refer, or the association of positive or
negative feeling to which they evokes, which may or may not be indicated in the
dictionary definition.
§ Ambiguity
A word or a sentence is ambiguous if it can be
understood or interpreted in more than one way (Fromkin et.al, 1990). The
different words having same form or pronunciation may cause ambiguity among
listeners or readers who do not pay attention to their context carefully. Among
different words having same form or pronunciation are: homonyms and homophones.
§ Homonyms (different words having the same form)
‘I will always look back’ and ‘I find my way
back’. In the first lyric, [BACK] means memorizing all the things happened
before while in the second lyric, [BACK] means the way become the same as the
past event again.
§ Homophones
‘I’ll do
it all to you’ has the same pronunciation with [EAT] and [TOO]. [IT] refers to
a nonhuman, animal, plant, or inanimate thing, or sometimes to small baby,
while [EAT] has meaning to take something into the mouth and swallow especially
after biting and chewing. [TO] used to indicate the destination of the subject
or object of an action, while [TOO] closest in meaning with as well, in
addition, also. Both word pronounced the same but they have different form.
§ Antonymy
[FAR] from
a great distance >< [WELCOME] an expression of cordial greeting.
§ Synonymy
‘Where the sound of the crowd is so far away’,
the word [SOUND] is synonymy with [VOICE]. Both words have the same sense which
is mean the sound made by the vibration of the vocal cords, especially when
modified by the resonant effect of the tongue and mouth.
§ Hyponymy
[QUEEN] is hyponymy of woman because it contains
all the features of woman as part of its specification.
3.
Conclusion
The lexical meaning that exist in the song lyric “The Queen of My Heart’ sung by
Westlife are denotation, connotation, ambiguity; homonyms and homophones,
synonymy, antonym, and hyponymy. All the proofs are presented in each chapter.
Those kind of lexical meanings abridge us to understand the lyric of ‘The Queen
of My Heart’.
