INTERPERSONAL MEANING ANALYSIS OF MUSE SONG LYRICS IN BLACK HOLES AND REVELATIONS’ ALBUM (A Study Based on Systemic Functional Linguistics)

摘要

This study examined the interpersonal meaning realized in the lyrics of Muse’s album Black Holes and Revelations. It will be easier and more interesting to analyze the interpersonal meaning through the literary work that people hear everyday such as song lyrics. The objectives of this study are to describe the types of interpersonal meaning, to describe the most dominant Mood Types, and to describe the Modality realized in the lyrics of Muse’s album Black Holes and Revelations,udThe design of the research was descriptive qualitative. The main sources of data in this research were the lyrics in the Muse’s album Black Holes and Revelations. There were three song lyrics that the researcher analyzed in this research. The analysis of the data used the following steps: firstly, listened to the songs, found the printed lyrics of the songs, analyzed the clauses based on the Mood-Residue elements, describe the most dominant Mood Types, and found the Modality through Modal Finite and Mood Adjunct. The last, the researcher drew the conclusion of this study.udThe results of data analysis show that the types of interpersonal meaning in the lyrics of Muse’s album Black Holes and Revelations realized in the wordings of the clause if analyzed based on the elements of interpersonal meaning, the most dominant Mood Types is Declarative, the Modality realized through the use of modal finite and mood adjunct. The conclusions of this study are; to describe the types of interpersonal meaning in the song lyrics, people should read them thoroughly while analyzing based on the interpersonal meaning elements. Based on the Mood Types analysis, the song writer or singer wants to declare something and give information to the readers or listener through these songs. According to the analysis of Modality through the use of Finite Modal and Mood Adjunct, the results of analysis found only few modalities. And all of them are in the form of modals finite.