“Polysemy Analysis on the Great Dictator Speech by Charlie Chaplin

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.