‘Hey, Jude! I Wanna Hold Your Hand’: Transitivity Process Analysis on Popular Songs by The Beatles

‘Hey, Jude! I Wanna Hold Your Hand’: Transitivity Process Analysis on Popular Songs by The Beatles

Needless to say, The Beatles is the most popular rock band in the world. Their huge popularity has sparked a phenomenon known as ‘Beatlemania’. In 2001, the Guinness World Records acknowledged The Beatles as the best-selling group for their achievement for selling more than 1 billion units worldwide...

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Main Authors: Shamsul, Harbi, Mohd Shafiq, Abdul Jabar, Alia Najaa, Md Nor, Nursyaheedah, Muhammad Isa
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Pahang 2019
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PE English
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spelling ump-250212019-06-11T04:24:36Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/25021/ ‘Hey, Jude! I Wanna Hold Your Hand’: Transitivity Process Analysis on Popular Songs by The Beatles Shamsul, Harbi Mohd Shafiq, Abdul Jabar Alia Najaa, Md Nor Nursyaheedah, Muhammad Isa PE English Needless to say, The Beatles is the most popular rock band in the world. Their huge popularity has sparked a phenomenon known as ‘Beatlemania’. In 2001, the Guinness World Records acknowledged The Beatles as the best-selling group for their achievement for selling more than 1 billion units worldwide. Thus, this paper attempts to reveal how language is used in widely recognized songs by The Beatles from the transitivity perspective, primarily, the process. Halliday (1994) proposes six different transitivity processes which are material, mental, relational, verbal, behavioral and existential. Ten popular songs by The Beatles are selected in this study. Unlike other prior studies done on transitivity to various types of literature, this study is different due to its unique data set which is The Beatles’ popular songs. By focusing on the process according to the different types of processes in the experiential metafunction, this study reveals how The Beatles employs different processes in their lyrical writing of their popular songs in order to communicate their experiences of the world. Universiti Malaysia Pahang 2019 Article PeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/25021/1/Hey%20Jude%20I%20Wanna%20Hold%20Your%20Hand%E2%80%99%20Transitivity%20Process%20Analysis.pdf Shamsul, Harbi and Mohd Shafiq, Abdul Jabar and Alia Najaa, Md Nor and Nursyaheedah, Muhammad Isa (2019) ‘Hey, Jude! I Wanna Hold Your Hand’: Transitivity Process Analysis on Popular Songs by The Beatles. International Journal of Language Education and Applied Linguistics (IJLEAL), 9 (1). pp. 45-54. ISSN 2289-7208 (print); 2289-9294 (online) http://journal.ump.edu.my/ijleal/article/view/301
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Shamsul, Harbi
Mohd Shafiq, Abdul Jabar
Alia Najaa, Md Nor
Nursyaheedah, Muhammad Isa
‘Hey, Jude! I Wanna Hold Your Hand’: Transitivity Process Analysis on Popular Songs by The Beatles
description Needless to say, The Beatles is the most popular rock band in the world. Their huge popularity has sparked a phenomenon known as ‘Beatlemania’. In 2001, the Guinness World Records acknowledged The Beatles as the best-selling group for their achievement for selling more than 1 billion units worldwide. Thus, this paper attempts to reveal how language is used in widely recognized songs by The Beatles from the transitivity perspective, primarily, the process. Halliday (1994) proposes six different transitivity processes which are material, mental, relational, verbal, behavioral and existential. Ten popular songs by The Beatles are selected in this study. Unlike other prior studies done on transitivity to various types of literature, this study is different due to its unique data set which is The Beatles’ popular songs. By focusing on the process according to the different types of processes in the experiential metafunction, this study reveals how The Beatles employs different processes in their lyrical writing of their popular songs in order to communicate their experiences of the world.
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author Shamsul, Harbi
Mohd Shafiq, Abdul Jabar
Alia Najaa, Md Nor
Nursyaheedah, Muhammad Isa
author_facet Shamsul, Harbi
Mohd Shafiq, Abdul Jabar
Alia Najaa, Md Nor
Nursyaheedah, Muhammad Isa
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title ‘Hey, Jude! I Wanna Hold Your Hand’: Transitivity Process Analysis on Popular Songs by The Beatles
title_short ‘Hey, Jude! I Wanna Hold Your Hand’: Transitivity Process Analysis on Popular Songs by The Beatles
title_full ‘Hey, Jude! I Wanna Hold Your Hand’: Transitivity Process Analysis on Popular Songs by The Beatles
title_fullStr ‘Hey, Jude! I Wanna Hold Your Hand’: Transitivity Process Analysis on Popular Songs by The Beatles
title_full_unstemmed ‘Hey, Jude! I Wanna Hold Your Hand’: Transitivity Process Analysis on Popular Songs by The Beatles
title_sort ‘hey, jude! i wanna hold your hand’: transitivity process analysis on popular songs by the beatles
publisher Universiti Malaysia Pahang
publishDate 2019
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/25021/
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http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/25021/1/Hey%20Jude%20I%20Wanna%20Hold%20Your%20Hand%E2%80%99%20Transitivity%20Process%20Analysis.pdf
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