Critical Discourse Analysis on Iwan Fals's Song "Asik Nggak Asik"

Discourse Analysis
Critical Discourse Analysis on Iwan Fals Song Lyric
“Asik Nggak Asik” focusing on Semantic,
Lexical Cohesion and
Ideology
By:
Heri Winarko (2011120052)
Indri Astuti (2011120014)
Muhammad Ainul Muiz (2011120061)
Syaifurohman (2011120059)

Section C
ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF EDUCATION
USBI THE SAMPOERNA UNIVERSITY
JAKARTA
2014

Abstract
Song, despite as a tool to entertain the audience and also as a tool to express the writer’s feelings. In the lyric of some of the songs sometimes contain certain messages behind the literal meaning. The song “Asik Nggak Asik” created by Iwan Fals is the example. Through this song,
Iwan Fals try to express his ideology and feeling toward the government. Ideology is used to indicate how some texts and practices present distorted images of reality (Storey, 2009). This usage is intended to draw attention to the way in which song present the image of the reality especially in political field. This song also contains a message about the citizen’s disappointment toward government’s work. In the meaning, we also found sarcasm to criticize the government’s work, it can be seen from certain words that refer to the government such as
“dunia binatang” (animal world), “jagoan” (hero) and “catur” (chess).

Keywords: Song, Lexical Cohesion, Ideology, and Semantic (meaning)

Final Exam: Discourse Analysis

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Chapter I
Introduction
This chapter present the reason for conducting the critical discourse analysis Iwan Fals song lyric “Asik Nggak Asik” focus on semantic, lexical cohesion and ideology, which consist of four divisions, namely background of the study, formulation of the problem, objectives of the study, and significance of the study.

1.1.

Background of the Study
Music is sounds that are sung by voices or played on musical instruments (Merriam-

Webster Dictionary, 2014). Here, any sound that is produced by human or played on musical instrument is defined as Music. Music has many benefit for

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