Open AccessStudents’ Problems in Semantic Meaning Analysis of Literary Works in English Handbooks
Author(s) -
Salmia Syarifuddin,
Irmawaty Hasyim
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
tamaddun
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2685-4112
pISSN - 0216-809X
DOI - 10.33096/tamaddun.v20i1.84
Subject(s) - meaning (existential) , linguistics , drama , semantics (computer science) , creatures , poetry , literature , literary criticism , psychology , history , computer science , art , philosophy , natural (archaeology) , archaeology , programming language , psychotherapist
English handbooks used in High schools fill with literary works. It is either in poem, prose, or drama. These literary works are human’s creatures both in spoken and written language which fills with implicit meaning beneath the stylistic language used in that literary works. Besides, semantics is a branch of linguistics that studies meaning. This study aimed to find out problems faced by students in the analysis of the semantics meaning of literary works found in English handbooks. This study applied the qualitative descriptive method. The result showed that the problems faced by students lied beneath the determination of semantics meanings and their types found in words, phrases, clauses, and sentences in literary works.