Phonological Devices in the Soundtracks of Walt Disney’s Animated Motion Pictures in the First Quarter of the 21st Century

Abstract

This quantitative research focused on the phonological devices or sound devices as one of the stylistic devices, conducted in order to find out phonological devices were utilized in the song lyrics of the soundtracks of Walt Disney’s animated motion pictures in the first quarter of the 21st century (2001-2024). The research was based on 60 randomly gathered or most popular songs from 40 Walt Disney’s animated motion pictures from 2001 to 2024. The phonological devices under investigation were alliteration, assonance, consonance, rhyme, anaphora, and repetition. For the presentation of the summary of the data analysis, each of the top 5 highest frequency of occurrences was tabulated. The result of this research demonstrated the aesthetic function of the language, playing a significant role in developing song lyrics that almost all song lyrics which utilized phonological devices at the top 5 highest frequency of occurrences were the soundtracks of Walt Disney’s animated motion pictures, particularly in the last 7 years of the first quarter of the 21st century, or between 2018 and 2024.