AN ANALYSIS OF THE “LEBAY” WORDS IN STATUS
UPDATES OF FACEBOOKERS
THESIS
By
NENI HARYANTI
08360006
UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
AN ANALYSIS OF THE “LEBAY” WORDS IN STATUS
UPDATES OF FACEBOOKERS
THESIS
By
NENI HARYANTI
UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
AN ANALYSIS OF THE “LEBAY” WORDS IN STATUS
UPDATES OF FACEBOOKERS
THESIS
This thesis is submitted to meet one of the requirements to achieve
Sarjana Degree in English Education
By
NENI HARYANTI
08360006
UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
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This Thesis Written By Neni Haryanti was Approved on October 30th, 2012.
Advisor I Advisor II
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This thesis was defended in front of the examiners of Faculty of Teacher
Training and Education of the University of Muhammadiyah Malang
and accepted as one of the requirements to achieve
Sarjana Degree in Education
on October 30th, 2012.
Approved by:
Faculty of Teacher Training and Education
The University of Muhammadiyah Malang
Dean,
Dr. M. Syaifuddin. M.M
Examiner : Signature:
1. Dra. Erly Wahyuni, M.Si ……….
2. Puji Sumarsono, M.Ed ………
3. Drs. Soeparto. M.Pd ………
MOTTO AND DEDICATION
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Don’t be afraid
for being a dreamer and dream.
Because the successful in a whale of people in this
world, didn’t rarely coming from a little and simple
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DEDICATION
I dedicate this thesis especially to:
Mommy and Daddy
ACKNOWLEGMENT
First of all, I would like to say my deep and internal gratitude to Allah
SWT for the wisdom, strength, source of inspiration, and guidance trough my
difficult time in doing this thesis.
My great appreciation and gratitude is for Mr. Drs. Soeparto, M.Pd as my
first advisor and Mrs. Rina Wahyu Setyaningrum, M.Ed as my second advisor.
Thank you for the kindness, advice, criticism, motivation and patience in guiding
me to doing my thesis. I am very grateful to have them as my advisor and for all
the time they gave to me during the writing process of this thesis.
My gratitude to my family; my “Abah”, Suhartono, for the understanding
and encouragement in keeping my focused; my “Umik”, Yuli Handayani, for all
the time she has spent to pray for me; my old sister and brother, Mbak Ikke, Mbak
Dewi, Mbak Anjar, Winda, Farid and also my beloved grandmother “Mbah Uti”
for supporting me in their prayer, in providing me with love, care and funds.
My thankfulness to my beloved fiancé who have place within my heart,
“Subhan Ariefiyanto”, who always strengthens and encouragement me in doing
my thesis well. Thank you very much for his love, understanding, and affection
that he gave to me for all this time.
Malang, 10th October 2012
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CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 2.1 Facebook ... 6
2.1.1 Home ... 10
2.1.2 Profile ... 16
2.2 “LEBAY” ... 20
2.2.1 Hyperbolic Forms ... 21
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 3.1 Research Design ... 25
3.2 Respondents ... 26
3.3 Research Instrument ... 26
3.4 Data Collection... 27
vii CHAPTER IV FINDING AND DISCUSSION
4.1 Finding ... 29
4.1.1 Kinds of the “Lebay” words represented by hyperbole... 29
4.1.2 The reason of using “Lebay” ... 30
4.2 Discussion ... 34
CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION 5.1 Conclusions ... 38
5.1 Suggestions ... 39
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Chapter I
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of Study
Facebook is a social networking site used by more than 800 million active
users in every country on the planet, so far in 70 languages. Facebook services
come with all of the types of an interesting feature that was very complete. All of
things, we could be on facebook, begin from making a status updates, links,
blogging, and many other interesting things. Facebook also provide with the
invitation features, group, quiz etc. Developed in 2004 by the Harvard University
student Mark Zuckerberg, now facebook becomes the most popular social
networking site, Anne(2012).
The site minimum age is 13, but teens represent only a minority
population on facebook. It is used by a lot of adults. Actually the activity that
they do on facebook is chatting, sharing photos, posting videos, staying in touch
and sharing personal news (updating status), playing games, find and contact
long-lost friends and relatives. In fact, there is very little people can not do on
facebook.
According to Angga(2010), National School Boards
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From the phenomenon, the conclusion is at this time the social networking
actually becomes the important thing that is very popular.
Facebook users are mostly from the digital natives group. Based on
Prensky(2001), Digital natives can be defined as a person who was born after the
introduction of digital technology. Digital Natives use online services like
YouTube, Twitter, and facebook on various digital technologies, such as smart
phones or a tablet device.
Different from the digital natives, on the digital technology also there is
the digital immigrant. Digital immigrant can be defined as a person who was born
before the introduction of digital technology begin. For Digital Immigrants, the
popular technology for them was radio, television, newspapers, books, and
magazines. Digital immigrants adapt to the digital technology introduced during
their life time.
The users of facebook have an authority to read, see, choose, write, send,
and do something on their own facebook, because they have feeling of freedom to
share everything they feel, including on writing updating status by using the
“Lebay” word.
According to Guntur(2011), The “Lebay” wordis a term of slang language
which commonly used by excessive. Excessive here were something not
commonly seen by the environment. “Lebay” is an exaggerated response showed
from human behavior, spoken or written. The word of “Lebay” were mostly had
an exaggeration on meaning. Based on the statement, “Lebay” had the similarity
with the definition of hyperbole, which mostly had an exaggeration or
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Based on Claridge(2011), Hyperbole is figure of speech which express
much more or less than the truth, or which represent things much greater or less,
better or worse then they really are. An object uncommon in size, either great or
small, strikes us with surprise, and this emotion produces a momentary conviction
that the object is greater or less than it is in reality. Based on the description
above, the researcher going to describe and analyze the phenomenon of using
“Lebay” wordsin updating status used by the facebookers.
1.2 Statement of the Problems
1. What kinds of the expression of the “Lebay” words represented by
hyperbole are used by the facebookers in status update on facebook?
2. Why do the facebookers express the “Lebay” words on update status on
facebook?
1.3 Purpose of Study
1. To show kinds of the “Lebay” words represented by hyperbole are mostly
used by the facebookers on their updating status on facebook.
2. To know why the facebookers do express the “Lebay” words on status
update.
1.4 Significance of the Study
After using an analyzing of updates status used by the facebookers,which
mostly used the “Lebay” words, which is “Lebay” words here include on
hyperbole of language, this research is considered important to the readers know
more about what types of language are mostly used by the facebookers. The writer
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1. The result of the study will be useful to enrich our sight of
sociolinguistics, especially about hyperbole language.
2. This study will give a specific information and deeper understanding
about hyperbole language.
3. The result of this study can give an addition and suggestions to
development of language study.
4. The result of this study can give information experience and knowledge to
teachers of English and students of English who interested in the analysis
of sociolinguistic.
5. This study will provide a better understanding about language use and the
function in human communication especially used by facebookers in
status updates.
1.5 Scope and Limitation of the Study
The scope of this study converges of the “Lebay” words used by the 23
facebookers in status updates, and the limitation of this study is on the usage of
the news status updates on 15th July until 28th July 2012 which has a new
vocabulary of “Lebay” words in my platform of my facebook.
1.6 Definition of Key Terms a. The “Lebay” words
The “Lebay” wordis a term of slang language which commonly used by
excessive. Excessive here were something not commonly seen by the
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language, in comparison, uses exaggerations or alterations to make a particular
linguistic point. Figurative language is very common in poetry, but is also
used in prose and nonfiction writing as well.
c. Update Status
Make information about everything in our feeling, and to be share to the
readers by writing what are conditions about us.
d. Facebook
facebook is a social networking site used by more than 800 million active
users in every country on the planet, so far in 70 languages. The site’s
minimum age is 13, but teens represent only a minority population on
