HUMANIS
Vol 22 No 4 (2018)

Slang Words Used by the Characters in Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising

Ni Made Dessy Ariyanti (Udayana University)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Nov 2018

Abstract

The title of this study is Slang Words Used by The Characters in Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising. This study was conducted to identify the type and to analyze the function of slang words and phrases used by the characters in the movie “Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising” . The data of this study were collected from “Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising” movie script. There were sixty-seven slang words or phrases found in the “Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising” movie script. Documentation method was used to collect the data. This study used the descriptive-qualitative method to analyze the data. There were only eighteen slang words or phrases analyzed based on the theory proposed by Allan and Burridge (2006) about types and functions of slang words. There are five types of slang found in the data. They are fresh and creative which was the most type of slang, imitative, acronym, clipping, and flippant. So, all the types of slang based on the theory were found. For the functions, there were seven functions of slang word found in the data. They are the functions of showing intimacy, addressing, forming intimate atmosphere, expressing impression, revealing anger, humiliating and initiating relax conversation. The function of showing intimacy is the most function in using slang found in the data.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

sastra

Publisher

Subject

Arts Humanities

Description

Jurnal online Humanis adalah jurnal ilmiah yang diterbitkan oleh Fakultas Sastra dan Budaya Universitas Udayana. Salah satu indikator kualitas perguruan tinggi ialah diukur dari seberapa banyak karya ilmiah yang dihasilkan dan telah dipublikasikan. Penulisan karya ilmiah harus mencerminkan budaya ...