THE ANALYSIS OF RANK SCALE ON A DISNEY SONG LYRIC “I SEE THE LIGHT”

Abstract

This study is aimed to analyse the rank scale realized in a Disney song lyric. The source of data is “I See the Light†from Alan Menken, in which the writers analyse four levels: word level, phrase level, clause level, and sentence level. It can be concluded that the result of rank scale analysis has all of the types of sentences. They are 11 simple sentences, 2 compound sentences, 7 complex sentences, and 1 compound and complex sentence. The structures of word level, phrase level, clause level, and sentence level have 2 similar structures, which is shown through the second sentence and the sixteenth sentence. The formation of similar structure in word level can be portrayed as: Det + Det + N + N + Aux + V + Prep + Det + N. The formation of similar structure in phrase level can be described as:  NP + NP + NP + VP [Aux + V + PP + NP]. The formation of similar structure in clause level can be described as: MC ® NP + NP + NP + VP [Aux + V + PP + NP]. The formation of similar structure in sentence level can be portrayed as: S/MC ® NP + NP + NP + VP [Aux + V + PP + NP].