JURNAL LITTERA: FAKULTAS SASTRA DARMA AGUNG
Vol 2 No 2 (2023): OKTOBER

SLANG LANGUAGE IN JESSIE J’S SONG LYRICS

Halawa, Hanna Putri (Unknown)
Sitorus, Lola Theresia (Unknown)
Silitonga, Andi Jaihutan (Unknown)
Siahaan, Hiace Vega Fernando (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Oct 2023

Abstract

This thesis deals with Slang Words in Jessie J’s Song Lyrics. This study aims at finding out the slang words in Jessie J’s Song Lyrics; the most dominant type of slang words in Jessie J’s Song Lyrics; and the reason of the dominant type word in Jessie J’s Song Lyrics. This study applies qualitative and quantitative research method. Based on the types, It was found that there are 22 slang words in ten Jessie J’s Song Lyrics; Shortened Sentence Forms (til,shh, I’mma, cause, ain’t).Society Slang (Damn, Fuck up, Bitch, L.A, FB), Blending (Gotta, Woulda, Gonna, Wanna), and Someone’s Nickname (Mamma Daddy, Motherfucker, Dude, Babe, Mummy, Bunny). The reason for slang used in Jessie J lyrics are to make them look unique and interesting, keep up with the times, add beauty to the tone in singing, and can make them shorter than grammatical words.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

littera

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

ONLINE ISSN 2657-0084 PRINT ISSN 2089-0273 Littera Journal is one of the publications media of research results from academicians, researchers and practitioners. Littera journal is also expected to be a media for disseminating information development from Literature and various linguistic ...