A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY ON THE USE OF PHRASAL VERBS IN LINKIN PARK’S SELECTED LYRICS

Abstract

his thesis studies the English Phrasal Verbs used in Linkin Park’s selected lyrics. phrasal verb is a combination of a verb and a particle. The purpose of this study is to find and describe the meaning of separable and inseparable phrasal verb in Linkin Park’s lyrics. The other purpose is to find and describe the meaning of transitive and intransitive phrasal verb in Linkin Park’s lyrics. The theory used in this study is Allsop’s theory that the meaning of the phrasal verb is often different from the meaning of the individual parts. Besides, the method used to analyse the data is descriptive method. It means that the discussion of this thesis is by using words not number. In applying this method, the data are identified based on the formation and the meaning of the phrasal verb. And it is ended with the general conclusion that Linkin Park’s selected lyrics use transitive and intransitive phrasal verb, where the transitive can further be classified into separable and inseparable phrasal verb. And the phrasal verb used in Linkin Park’s selected lyrics also classified into idiomatic and non-idiomatic ones. By reading this thesis, the writer hopes thet the reader especially the students will get broad knowledge about phrasal verbs that will be useful for further study