Abstract:
This study entitled “Polysemy Analysis on the Great Dictator Speech by Charlie
Chaplin” discusses about what types of Polysemy that found on The Great
Dictator Speech by Charlie Chaplin, what are the meanings of each Polysemy
words found on The Great Dictator Speech by Charlie Chaplin, and how to
identify Polysemy on The Great Dictator Speech by Charlie Chaplin. The
objective of this study is 1) to analyze the types of polysemy used in The Great
Dictator Speech by Charlie Chaplin, 2) to analyze what are the meaning of each
polysemy words that found in The Great Dictator Speech by Charlie Chaplin, and
3) to investigate how to identify polysemy words is found in The Great Dictator
Speech by Charlie Chaplin. The research of this study was conducted in the
library of Universitas Muhammadiyah Sumatera Utara and this study uses
qualitative method. It was found that there are two types of Polysemy on The
Great Dictator Speech by Charlie Chaplin, namely, Regular Polysemy with a total
of 11 words and Irregular Polysemy with a total of 26 words. In Regular
Polysemy, each word has two or more meanings that are semantically related to
each other such as, room means ruang and kamar, provide means menyajikan and
memenuhi, youth means pemuda and remaja. In Irregular Polysemy, each word
has the same meaning with other words even the words are not identical such as,
the word shut similar to close which means menutup, the word cries out similar to
scream which means berteriak, the word reason similar to excuse which means
alasan. The Polysemy words that are found on The Great Dictator Speech by
Charlie Chaplin were identified by collecting every sentence that containing
Polysemy, removing the stop-words and perform the stemming to identify the
words, recover all possible meaning of the identified polysemy word using
Advanced English Dictionary, IELTS Dictionary, provide contextual meaning of
the polysemy word by adapting it to the sentence in which the polysemy word is
contained. It could be seen that the senses of Polysemy are highly related. The
differences of it sometimes can be noticeable and delicate but sometimes it is
difficult to identify. The assessments of Polysemy are sometimes difficult to make
because it is a vague concept of relatedness.
