An Analysis Metaphors Dizzy Up the Girl Song Album by The Goo Goo Dolls

Abstract

This research discussed “An Analysis of Metaphors in ‘Dizzy Up the Girl’
Song Album by The Goo Goo Dolls”. This study aimed to focus on the types
of metaphors contained in the lyrics of the songs on the Dizzy Up the Girl
album. This research uses a descriptive qualitative method. The technique used
in this data collection is looking at each lyric from May to June 2024 and
recording the lyrics, each of which contains three types of metaphors, namely
structural, orientational, and ontological. This data is based on Lakoff and
Johnson's theory. In addition, the data source used is the Spotify music
application. The results of this study found 44 data. Researchers found 20 song
lyrics containing ontological type, 15 song lyrics containing structural, and 2
song lyrics containing orientational. Based on the data found, the most widely
used type of metaphor is the ontological type.

Keywords : Linguistic; Metaphor; Song