An analysis of modality in Maher Zain’s song (number one for me)

Lubis, Fitri Rahmadani (2017) An analysis of modality in Maher Zain’s song (number one for me). Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Padangsidimpuan.

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Abstract

In this research, the researcher analyzed mood and modality in Maher Zain song. The objective of this research are: 1) To find mood and modality in Maher Zain song. 2) To find dominant type of mood and modality in Maher Zain song. 3) To explain mood and modality in Maher Zain song. The purpose of this research was to analysis mood and modality in Maher Zain’s song (number one for me). This research hope this study can be useful to researcher. It will provide materials, it can be used by teacher to get mood and modality in Maher Zain’s song. This study is a qualitative research and uses content analysis. This research object is a song called number one for me song by Maher Zain, the lyrics of this song is very well known, especially by review those who love song, sung in various circles. The language contained in this song of course means that need to be revealed to gain an understanding it. This study is a description of analysis the song number one for me by using a semantic approach. After the data have been analyzed Maher Zain lyrical song that number one for me, to show how describe dominant mood and modality. Mood of this lyric has two type it is declarative and indicative mood. Declarative mood as 10 points and indicative mood 2 points. After that modality known to researcher finding epistemic modality as 7 points and deontic modality as a 3 points, So that epistemic modality it can be more dominant because lyrics have necessity and possibility. It has lexical modality in lyrics. It seems that the composer refers to mother in order to show the path toward paradise. The meaning of song by used dominant epistemic modality is that the author is aware of have been easy to take everything from us and especially the singer.

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