Lexical Cohesion in Meghan Trainor's lyrics in "TITLE (DELUXE)”

Abstract

Creativity in manipulating language into that of aesthetic value does not entail abandoning clues for the 
audience to arrive at the intended meaning. The usage of lexical cohesion in the songs in Meghan 
Trainor's “TITLE” (Deluxe Edition) is one of many examples of how it provides clues and external references 
that may be relatable to the audience and thus the intended translation. The interrelationship between 
expressions and meaning mold a uniqueness of the author. This study aims to explore the uniqueness by 
describing and assessing the lexical cohesiveness in the lyrics. Halliday and Hasan's theory in discourse 
analysis regarding cohesion played a major part in the research in examining the data with qualitative- 
descriptive procedures. The results show that there are 253 lexical cohesions in the song lyrics, namely 211