Abstract:
This study deals with An Analysis of Metaphorical Discourse In the Lyrics of
Didong Gayo by Arita Group.The aims of this research were to find out the
types of metaphorical discourse in the lyrics of Didong Gayo by Arita Group, to
find out the most dominat type in the lyrics of Didong Gayo by Arita Group.The
data of this reseacrh was taken from video on youtube. This research used
Lakkof and Johnson theory to identified the types of metaphor. This study
applied qualitative descriptive method. The techniques for collecting data was
watching the videos from youtube, listening carefully the lyrics for several
times, and printing the lyrics. The data in this research was analyzed by reading
the lyrics in several times, translating the lyrics into Indonesia, translating the
lyrics into English, identifying the types of metaphorical discourse in the lyrics
of Didong Gayo by Arita Group, underlining the lyrics that related to types of
metaphorical discourse and finding out the most dominant type of metaphorical
discourse. It was found there were 51 metaphors, 15 Structural metaphors
(29.41%), 10 Orientational metaphors (19.61%) and 26 Ontological metaphors
(50.98%) in this research. The most dominant type was Ontological metaphor,
the total was 26 metaphors (50.98%).
