Prastiti, Eka Annisa Yuli (2021) An Undergraduate Thesis an Analysis of English Idiomatic Expressions in Alice in Wonderland Script. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Metro.

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Abstract

The purpose of the research was to identify types of idiomatic expression and to find out the real meaning of idiomatic expression which is used in Alice in Wonderland script. This thesis will be useful for both theoretical and practical source in learning how to translate English Idiom and also for those who conduct further study about analysis of idiomatic expression.
The technique of analyzing the data the researcher used descriptive qualitative. Qualitative research referred to the meaning, concepts, definitions, symbols and description of the things. The data was analyzed by using O’dell and McCarthy theory about six types of idiomatic expression. The theory used to explain the idiomatic expression ware used by charactes in Alice in Wonderland movie script.
As the result of analyzing, there are 105 idiomatic expression found in six types of idiomatic expression either it is simile, binomial, trinomial, proverb, cliché, and fixed statement. From those types, in Alice in Wonderland script found the types of idiom as follows: there are 7 idiomatic expressions of similes with 6, 7 %, 2 idiomatic expressions of binomials with 1, 9 %, 1 idiomatic expression of trinomial with 0, 9 %, 9 idiomatic expressions of proverb with 8, 6 %, 46 idiomatic expressions of clichés with 43, 8 %, and 40 idiomatic expressions of fixed statements with 38, 1 %. Meanwhile, the meaning of idiomatic expressions was based on the context of the dialogues and the narratives in Alice in Wonderland script.

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