An Analysis of Types of Process Used In BTS’ Song Lyrics

Abstract

This study deals with types of process in BTS’ song lyrics. The objectives of the study were to categorize the types of process, to determine the dominant types of process used in BTS’ song lyrics and to describe the implication of types of process used in BTS’ song lyrics. Ten songs were taken as the data and analyzed by descriptive qualitative method. The data were collected using the documentation method. The data was analyzed through Miles & Huberman (2014:266) that involved: (1) data condensation, (2) data display, and (3) conclusion drawing. The finding of the analysis showed that all types of process used in BTS’ song lyrics and there were 286 clauses in the BTS’ song lyrics. The most dominant types of process used in BTS’ song lyrics was material process with 92 (32.17%) occurances. Then it is followed by relational process with 91 (31.82%) occurances, mental process with 65 (22.73%) occurances, verbal process with 18 (6.29%) occurances, behavioural process with 13 (4.54%) occurances, and the last existential process with 7 (2.45%) occurances. The implication of types of process used in BTS’ song lyric found that the BTS’ song lyrics set to music or song aid in a development and also to support the assertion that music and rhyme increase the ability in spatial reasoning which leads to greater success in the future. And because of this song lyric indicates the activities or events that happen in the outside of human beings, it means that this song lyrics contain or told about activity, action or event that are happened or doing physically and materially. So the action or physical verbs are mostly used