An Analysis of Denotative and Conotative Meaning on Weird Genius Song’s Lathi Lyrics: A Semantic Perspective

Abstract

Because language contains so many distinct kinds of meaning, semantic science is a branch of linguistics that studies meaning. This research aims to look at the denotative and connotative meanings of song lyrics, which are a typical way of expressing one's feelings or ideas through song lyrics. The Weird Genius song "Lathi" was chosen as the study's soundtrack. The qualitative descriptive approach was used in this study, which is a way for examining everyday phenomena and assessing word usage, such as determining the meaning of song lyrics. I used Geoffrey Leech's core semantics theory to solve this analytical problem. The findings of this study reveal that Weird Genius song lyrics have more connotative than denotative connotations. Weird Genius song lyrics had eight connotative interpretations and four denotative meanings, according to this analysis. The majority of the words in this song have hidden meaning since the number of connotative and denotative meanings fluctuates.