Morphological Analysis of Function and Content Words In The Song Lyric Traitor by Olivia Rodrigo

Abstract

The aim of this research is to define and analyze the meaning and function of the words in the lyrics of Traitor’s. Qualitative descriptive methods were used to clearly describe the problems identified. The data were obtained from the lyrics of Traitor by Olivia Rodrigo. The theories put forward by Oktaviana and Hidaya (2023) was used to analyze broad verbs and adjectives, by Hartutik and Pastiwati (2023) to analyze nouns and prepositions, by Wiwoho (2023) to analyze adverbs, by Pratiwi and Ardiantari (2022) to analyze articles and determinants Rosita, and by Wijaya (2023) to analyze conjunctions and auxiliaries. The results of this research showed that the lyrics of the song Traitor used four content words and seven function words. The content words consisted of nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs and operative words, auxiliary words, prepositions, pronouns, determiners, conjunctions, refutations and articles. The data contained 17 nouns, 35 verbs, 19 adjectives, 14 adverbs, 11 prepositions, 9 auxiliary words, 7 conjunctions, 7 pronouns, 2 articles, 7 determiners, and 1 negation. Theoretically, this research adds literature of morphological analysis in the context of function and content words in morphology, and, empirically, it provides contributive accounts on how function and content words relate their aspects to popular modern songs.