Figurative Language in The Broken WingsBy Kahlil Gibran a PragmaticPerspective

• Main Authors: Ardy Waskitha, Ginanjar (Author), , Dr. Maryadi, M.A (Author), , Dra. Siti Zuhriah Ariatmi, M.Hum (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: 2015.
• Subjects: Thesis; NonPeerReviewed
• Online Access: Connect to this object online
• Notes: https://eprints.ums.ac.id/38342/1/PUBLICATION%20ARTICLE.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/38342/3/HALAMAN%20DEPAN.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/38342/4/CHAPTER%20I.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/38342/5/CHAPTER%20II.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/38342/6/CHAPTER%20III.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/38342/7/CHAPTER%20IV.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/38342/8/CHAPTER%20V.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/38342/12/BIBLIOGRAPHY.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/38342/13/APPENDIX.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/38342/16/PERSETUJUAN%20PUBLIKASI.pdf
• Keywords: P Philology. Linguistics

This study is about figurative language. This research is a descriptive qualitative research in which the objective is to describe the actual user of language for communication. The objectives of this research are: To identify the types of figurative language used in The Broken Wings by Kahlil Gibran; and to examine the intention of figurative language used in The Broken Wings by Kahlil Gibran. The data of the research is the sentence that contains a figurative language in Kahlil Gibran's novel. The data taken from The Broken Wings by Kahlil Gibran. There were 70 sentences of figurative language. It shows Simile 40 sentences (57%), Personification 15 sentences (22%), Metaphor 2 sentences (3%), Metonymy 10 sentences (14%), and Synecdoche 3 sentences (4%). There are 51 sentences are Assertive (73%); 4 sentences are Directive (6%), content of advice; 3 sentences are Commisive (4%); 11 sentence are expressive (16%); and 1 sentence is Declaration (1%).