Putri, Fatmawati (2022) An Analysis of The Use of Inversion in English Song Lyrics. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Metro.

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Abstract

The objectives of this research were to know the most dominant type of inversion in English song lyrics, and to analyze the use of inversion in English song lyrics. The researcher analyzed the phenomena of inversion because it is very important to explore. Therefore, it is hoped that this research is beneficial in illustrating the phenomena of inversion. The method of this research was qualitative research in the form of library research. The primary sources of this research are sixty English songs that were analyzed in the focus of inversion in order to reveal the dominant type and the use of inversions in English song lyrics. The research used documentation techniques in collecting the data. The documentation was conducted to obtain an understanding of a phenomenon under study and to collect the data. Furthermore, the researcher got the data to determine the results of the document for sixty English songs. The research results show the first one is the type of question words 50%, the type of place expressions 8%, the type of negatives 12%, the type of conditionals 0, the type of comparisons 0, and the type of yes / no questions 30%. Therefore, the most dominant type of inversion in English song lyrics is question words that are 50%. Moreover, research result points out that there are two indicators of appropriate and inappropriate use of inversion in English song lyrics classified in appropriate 100 % and inappropriate 0.

Keywords: Inversion, English Song Lyrics, Qualitative Research

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