Journal Albion : Journal of English Literature, Language, and Culture
Vol 7, No 1 (2025): Issue 1

Slang language and the formation of British-Jamaican identity in Blue Story (2019)

Wulandari, Nofi Azizah Sapta (Unknown)
Kurniati, Nur Utami Sari'at (Unknown)
Taufik, Maulana (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
28 Apr 2025

Abstract

This research aims to analyze the type, word formation, function, lexical meaning and contextual meaning of the use British and Jamaican English slangs as identity markers in the film Blue Story (2019) by Andrew Onwubolu. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative method. This research focuses on British and Jamaican English slangs in the dialog of the central character and supporting characters in the film. This research finds out forty data of British and Jamaican English slangs in the movie, but in this discussion the data will be explain ten data of slangs. The type of imitative or word formation dominantly appears in the film. The function of slang language in the movie is mostly used as an identity marker that the speakers are group of Jamaican and British descent. In addition, slang is used as a form of self-expression in negative terms and mocking others because of the conflict between gangs.

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albion

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Arts Humanities Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences

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