The Analysis of Homonyms in Percy Jackson’s Movie “The Olympians the Lightning Thief”

Abstract

Homonyms are part of linguistics that describe words, phrase, or sentences that are like other expressions but do not have the same meaning. The purpose of this study is to analysis homonyms in the script movie Percy Jackson the Olympians the Lightning Thief by Chris Columbus. The source of the data is the movie scripts Percy Jackson the Olympians the Lightning Thief by Chris Columbus. To collect the data, the writers use Simak Bebas Libat Cakap (SBLC) method. Ghoy classifies categories of homonyms into three aspects, namely Same Category and Same Spelling, Same Category but Different Spelling, and Different Category but Same Spelling (Ghoy et al., 2022; Saeed, 2003) The writer uses IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) to analyse these words. In this study, the writer analyses the data descriptive qualitative. The script movie contains three categories in each aspect, namely in the Same Category and Same Spelling that are homograph, in the Same Category but Different Spelling that are homophones, and in Different Categories but Same Spelling that are heteronym. The results of the writer analyse about the homonyms word. This analysis can add to the list of new vocabulary because homonyms are one of the unique and interesting words.

Keywords: Linguistic, Homonym, Percy Jackson Movie