Journal of Language and Pragmatics Studies
Vol. 3 No. 3 (2024): December 2024

Word formation of slang used in selected songs of SZA’s sos album

Syahidah, Nuha Nur (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
07 Nov 2024

Abstract

This research concerns word formation processes of slang in selected songs of SZA’s SOS Album which are “SOS,” “Snooze,” and “Low.” This research aims to: 1) analyze the types of word formation of slang words based on Yule's theory utilized in selected songs 2) analyze their meaning, and 3) analyze which songs, word-formation processes, and slang words dominate and are used most frequently. This research uses a descriptive qualitative method. This research also uses observation as a method of data collection and distributional methods to analyze the data. The theory uses in this research is Yule’s theory (2006) of the word formation process. This research concludes that there are 149 times Slang words that appear in selected songs of SZA's album SOS, with "SOS" appearing 41 times, “Low” 73 times, and "Snooze” 35 times. The types of word formation processes found are blending 95 times or 63.8%, clipping 30 times or 20.1%, compounding 13 times or 8.7%, coinage 9 times or 6%, and acronyms and derivation each 1 time or 0.7%. It also concludes that "I'm" is the most frequently used slang word, appearing 38 times.

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Journal Info

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JLPS

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Subject

Humanities Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences

Description

The journal covers emerging issues in Language studies, Pragmatics and Discourse Analysis. Preference is given to well-researched papers that expand the frontiers of theoretical or empirical knowledge in these disciplines. It is interested in harnessing top-notched research in these fields worldwide ...