An Ecolinguistics Analysis of Indonesian Pop Music Lyrics on Environment:A Review of Two Nature Songs

Abstract

This is an ecolinguistic study of two Indonesian pop song lyrics which bear the themes on 'Nature'. It seeks to deeply analyze the basic messages behind the lyrics and how they describe the natural world which is generally described by Stibbe's in his article entitled 'stories we live by' that accounts for the relationship between humans and nature. The two selected songs are pohon untuk kehidupan (Tree for life) by Iwan Fals (2012) and lestari alamku (My everlasting nature) by Gombloh (1982). In particular, the use of metaphors in this song has important meanings as social criticism and humanity. The problem in this study was answered and described using a descriptive-qualitative approach. The results showed that the song pohon kehidupan's lyrics consist of 5 ontological metaphors and 3 structural metaphors. The Lestari Alamku's lyrics consist of 5 ontological metaphors and 1 structural metaphor. These metaphors are social critism toward the society on the importan of natue in the life of human that should be preserved and sustained. The whole meaning of these metaphors shows a strong relationship towards between language and environment.