The analysis of Onomatopoeia in French childern’s songs

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to learn the various forms of French onomatopoeia and the structure of onomatopoeia in French children's songs and its implications in French language lessons. The source of this study was obtained from 11 French childern’s songs on YouTube. This study uses the referential matching method. In addition, the technique used in this study is sort the determining element (Pilah Unsur Penentu/PUP) then the next technique is the technique of equalizing comparison (Hubung Banding Menyamakan/HBM). Based on the data of this study, there are 12 data of animal sounds (bruits des animaux), 6 data of the sounds of manufactured produced by objects (bruits produits par des objetures), 4 data of the sounds of human body (bruits du corps humain), and 2 data of the sounds of nature (bruit de la nature). Then the results for structure of onomatopoeia 15 structure of monosyllabic ononatopoeias, 6 disyllabic and 6 multisyllabic. The results of this study can be implemented for learning French in high school especially for senior high school in the junior class (class X) in KD 3.8 in the study of exemplify French songs lyrics (parole d’une chanson) or for french lessons in public.

Keywords: French, childern’s songs, onomatopoeia, semantics