AN ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH PHRASES USED IN MY EVERYTHING ALBUM BY ARIANA GRANDE

Abstract

This study deals with types of phrases and function of phrases in My Everything album by Ariana Grande. The objectives of the study were to find out the types of phrases and to describe the functions of phrases found in My Everything Album by Ariana Grande. The researcher used descriptive qualitative method to collect the data. The data was analyzed through Miles and Huberman’s theory (1994: 10- 11) that the three phases include data reduction, data display and conclusion drawing and verification. The source of the data was taken from the official lyric website. The finding of the research which showed all types of phrases used in “My Everything” Album by Ariana Grande and there were 121 lyrics that contained phrases. The details were as follows: verb phrase (70), noun phrase (28), adjective phrase (12), adverbial phrase (4), and prepositional phrase (7). There were lots of functions of phrases found. In verb phrase, there were as predicate (59), and adverb (11). In noun phrase, there were as direct object (14), adverbial (5), subject (4), object complement (1), subject complement (2), and complement of a preposition (2). In adjective phrase, there were as subject complement (9), object complement (1), pre-modifier in a noun phrase (1), and post-modifier in a noun phrase (1). In adverbial phrase, there were as modifier of an adverbial (4). In prepositional phrase, there were as post-mod of a noun (4) and post-mod of an adjective (3)