Abstract:
This study deal with the analysis figurative meaning in Mandailingnese songs. The objectives of the study were to find out the types of figurative meaning in Mandailingnese songs and to find out the type of figurative meaning most dominantly used in Mandailignese songs. The data in this research was taken from Mandailingnese song lyrics. The source of this research thirteen Mandailingnese songs. Descriptive qualitative method was applied to analyzed the data. The data of this research derived from the lyrics of Mandailingnese songs by downloading from internet. The finding shows that there were 97 figurative meaning in thirteen Mandailingnese songs. The total number and percentages of figurative meaning in each type of figurative meaning in Mandailingnese songs there were Personification 18 (18,55%), Simile 11 (11,34%), Metaphor 30 (30,92%), Hyperbole 33 (34,02%), Litotes 2 (2,07%)and Metonymy 3 (3,1%). The types of figurative meaning most dominantly used in Mandailingnese songs there were Hyperbole 33 (34,02%).
