Grammatical Deviations inThe Lyrics on English Songs: Functions and Categories

DOI

10.2991/icss-19.2019.59How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Grammatical Deviation; Language; English; Songs; Tagmemics

Abstract

The position of English in Indonesia as the first foreign language taught in formal educational institutions is getting more important and profitable but; as a matter of fact; only few people have good command of English. One of the obstacles faced in learning the English language is not mastering the grammatical knowledge of the language itself. This study is focused on syntax only because of the assumption that there are deviations of sentence structure in songs and it is focused on the structural deviation in Englis popular songs. The aim of this study is to identify and describe the forms of grammatical deviations and used in English songs. The data was collected by listening to the recorded songs while taking notes. After having collecting the data; they were put in cards to be classified according to the kinds of grammatical deviation. The data were analyzed based on the tagmemics by Cook (1969) to find out the forms of deviation on sentence structure. The result of the study showed that from the ten songs were taken from Golden Sweet Memories Collection; there were deviations mainly in syntax; such as inversions; abbreviations; ellipsis and repetitions. There are also some deviations conerning subject – verb agreement and tenses. Based on the result of this study; if we really want to have a good mastery of English; it is suggested that we not learn English sentence pattern from songs; however; we may use the songs as a technique in teaching English.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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