Slang Analysis of the Conversation among Drivers Gosend by Gojek: A Case Study in Whatsapp Group

Harared, Nico; Iriyansah, Muhammad Rinzat

doi:10.33810/274166

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“…Therefore, it is clear that slang words' social function is also described the purpose of slang words used by the user. In line with it, Harared and Iriyansah (2019) found that the slang word's social function became the reason for slang user convey the slang word. Besides, Harared (2018) explains that slang word's social function is vital since it provokes strong emotion among the groups regarding their closeness and encourages hostility for those who do not share the same slang.…”

Section: The Social Function Of Slang Wordsmentioning

confidence: 79%

Exploring the word formation process on Rich Brian�s official music video comments

Mutiah

Hidayat

Alek

2021

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This study attempted to explore the process of word formation and its social function of slang words on Rich Brian's official music video, precisely in the comment section of the newest song of him, D.O.A that released on 25 August 2020. This study employed discourse and sociolinguistics aspects; hence, this study's research design was a descriptive qualitative. Additionally, this study's object was a one-month comment section of Rich Brian's newest song official music video. Furthermore, there were two sources of data, primary and secondary data sources. The primary data were a comment section of Rich Brian's newest official song music video, while the secondary source was from available works of literature and urban dictionary. Therefore, to collect the data, this study did the documentation from the D.O.A. official music video from one-month duration comments. As the data obtained, there were 49 slang words found. Then, they were analyzed through Yule (2010)�s theory as the basis of word formation process standard, while Zhou & Fan (2013)�s theory was used as the basis of word formation function standard. Data analysis is divided into several steps: reading, collecting, classifying, and analyzing the data. The result showed that derivation was the highest frequency of the word-formation process. It was 22%, the acronym was 18%, coinage was 16%, the conversion was 14%, blending was 12%, compounding was 8%, clipping was 6%, borrowing and multiple processes were 2% of each. Besides, the highest social function was to express emotive feeling with 49 % quantity of the frequency. The second higher was to pursue self-identity, achieving politeness was 8%. This study suggested a more in-depth analysis of non-standard languages, such as swear words or taboo words and emoticon that can be done through a social semiotic approach.

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Section: The Social Function Of Slang Wordsmentioning

confidence: 79%