An Analysis of Denotative and Connotative Meaning of Words Found in XGs NEW DNA Album

This study focuses on analyzing the denotative and connotative meanings of words used in the lyrics of five XG songs from their album NEW DNA. The purpose of this research is to describe the meaning of words that contains denotative and connotative meaning in the lyrics of each song on the album. This study also used a qualitative descriptive method. The writer relies on Leech's (1981) theory to examine the data. The words in the lyrics of the five XG songs that have both types of meaning were used data for this study. To evaluate the data, the author followed the steps suggested by Miles, Huberman, and Saldana (2014). The findings of this investigation reveal that 52 data points can be analyzed with both sorts of meaning. The writer concludes that the two types of meaning in each XG song on this album are balanced because there are 52 data points from which each word can be analyzed applying both sorts of meaning. The distinction is that words with simple literal meanings can be easily found in the dictionary, while the use of poetic words that require more interpretation requires understanding the context of each line and each song, well understanding the meaning beyond the literal meaning of the word in question.