AN ANALYSIS OF SLANG WORDS USED IN “TOY STORY 4” MOVIE SCRIPT

Selviana, Turimin (2021) AN ANALYSIS OF SLANG WORDS USED IN “TOY STORY 4” MOVIE SCRIPT. Undergraduate thesis, UIN RADEN INTAN LAMPUNG.

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Abstract

ABSTRACT AN ANALYSIS OF SLANG WORDS USED IN “TOY STORY 4” MOVIE SCRIPT Sociolinguistics is a study of.relationship. between. language. and society which focus only on those-properties-of-languages. Language is-an instrument for conveying meaning and a way to interact one to another person in communication. The-importance of�language in establishing social identity is shown in the case-of slang, the informal language used by people in their group or community, it tends to be inferred as a non-formal or flexible in language that is rapidly changed vocabulary and slang made and used by people especially the teenagers in a specific gathering. It happened in the Toy Story 4 movie that the-main-characters regularly use slang-language-in their discussion which are sound peculiar for people who do not understand and use that language in their discussion. Therefore, this research focused on slang word used in Toy Story 4 movie. The objective of this research was to find out the types and the functions of slang word. This research was descriptive qualitative method and the main instrument was human research. In collecting the data, this research used documentation method. This research used content analysis which focused on analyzing the types and the functions of slang which both defined by Allan and Burridge. Then, the result of the types and functions of slang was counted by Thorsten’s formula. The result after analysing the movie, there were one hundred twenty six data in types and functions of slang. In the types of slang, the highest type was fresh and creative type and the lowest was compounding type. While, in the functions of slang the dominant function was to show intimacy and the lowest was to reveal anger. Key words: Sociolinguistics, Language, Slang, Toy Story 4 Movie

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