AN ANALYSIS ON ENGLISH SLANG USED IN HELLO MAGAZINE
A THESIS
BY:
MENTY MARYANCE SILABAN Reg. No. 090721005
UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA FACULTY OF LETTERS
ENGLISH LITERATURE DEPARTMENT MEDAN
AN ANALYSIS ON ENGLISH SLANG USED IN HELLO MAGAZINE
A THESIS
BY:
MENTY MARYANCE SILABAN Reg. No. 090721005
Supervisor, Co-Supervisor,
Dra. Swesana Mardia Lubis, M. Hum Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A NIP. 1957 1002 198601 2003 NIP. 1963 0216 198903 1003
Submitted to the Faculty of Letters University of Sumatera Utara in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Sarjana in English Literature.
UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA FACULTY OF LETTERS
ENGLISH LITERATURE DEPARTMENT MEDAN
Approved by the English Literature Department of Faculty of Letters of University of Sumatera Utara (USU) Medan as thesis for the Sarjana Sastra Examination.
Head, Secretary,
Accepted by the Board of Examiners in partial fulfillment of requirement for the degree of Sarjana Sastra from the English Literature Department, Faculty of Letters, University of Sumatera Utara, Medan.
The examination is held at Faculty of Letters, University of Sumatera Utara on 20 December 2010.
Dean of Faculty of Letters University of Sumatera Utara,
Dr. Syahron Lubis, M.A NIP. 196
Board of Examiners
Dra. Swesana Mardia Lubis, M.Hum
NIP. 19571002 198601 2003 ……….
Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A
NIP. 1963 0216 198903 1003 ……….
Dra. Siamir Marulafau, M.Hum
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Praise the Lord Jesus, Above all,
First of all, I would like to express to my sincere thankfulness to the Almighty God, Jesus Christ, for unlimited blessing and love given to me in finishing this thesis. Especially when I began to study in English Literature Department Faculty of Letters, University of Sumatera Utara.
A great many thanks are dedicated to the Dean of Faculty of Letters Dr. Syahron Lubis MA for giving me care and attention during my study and the
Head of English Department Dra. Swesana Mardia Lubis, M.Hum who has shared her time in guiding me while I was studying in this Program and has given me help and comments. I also thank to all the lecturers who have taught and guided me at the Faculty. My special thanks go to my supervisor, Dra. Swesana Mardia Lubis, M.Hum and Bapak Rahmadsyah, M.A who has given me advice, constructive, criticism, attention, and time in correcting and completing this thesis.
thanks my sweet brother, God Bless You. And also to my young brother Alvin Silaban. Thanks for all your prayers and encouragement to help and love given to me.
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ABSTRAK
3.3. Usage or Abusage 20
3.4. Slang Functions 22
CHAPTER IV FINDINGS AND ANALYSIS ... 24
CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION ... 39
5.1. Conclusions ... 39
5.2. Suggestion ... 40
BIBLIOGRAPHY ... vii APPENDICES
ABSTRAK
(is sue d on Octo be r 200 5) , not an aly zing sla ng lan gua ge in gen er al.
1. 3. Proble m of t he A nal ysis
Pro blem s th at the write r w ould lik e to a nalyz e ar e ; 1. Wh at is slan g?
2. U sa ge or ab u sag e th e slan g?
1. 4. Obj ecti ve of t he A nalysis
1. To en rich th e b asic knowl ed ge o f the r ead er ab out sla ng , esp eci ally sl ang dictio na ry on Hello m a gazin e.
2. T o remin d th e re ad er that, Sla ng ua ge i s v e ry i nter estin g to lear n.
1. 5. Si gnifi canc e of t he A nal ysis
Signific an ce of Th e An alysi s is to give mor e un de r stan din g abo ut sl ang . T his an alysi s i s ju st r ef er en ce. By stu dy thi s analy sis , the write r ho pe that the r ea d er will get an ad ditional knowle dg e ab out slan g. Thi s an alysi s c an help th e re ad er s stud y how id entif y and to us e slan gua ge a nd t o k now t he vo cab ula ry of slan g wo rd s on hello m ag azin e.
1. 6. Me thod of t he A nal ysis
Method o f th e an alysi s in this th esis b y taking data fr om boo k, m ag azin e, and inte rn et r es ea rc h.
1. 7. R evi ew of Relate d Lit er ature
I n s u p p or t i n g t h e da t a of a na l ys i s , t h e wr i t er g et s s e v er a l b o o k s
t ha t c o nt a i ni n g s o m e i nf or m a t i o n r e l a t e d t o t h e s u b j e c t . S o m e o f t h e m
c a n b e m e nt i o n e d a s f o l l o w s .
1. S l a n g di c t i o na r y
T hi s d i c t i o na r y c o nt a i ns a b ou t s l a n g l a n gu a g e. I t s h e l p s l ea r n er s t o
2. H e l l o M a ga z i n e
T hi s ma ga z i n e a l wa ys u s es s l a n g l a n g u a g e i n wr i t i n g t h e i r
CHAPTER II
RESEARCH METHOD
2. 1. Me thod of St udy
In w riting thi s th esis , th e w riter an alyz ing sl ang lan gua ge is u sing inte rn et re se ar ch, talkin g data fr om hello m ag azin e, an d libra ry re se ar ch. A Re se ar ch lib ra ry i s a libra r y whic h c ontain s an in – de pth colle ction of mate rial on one o r se ve ral su bject. A re se ar ch libr a ry will gen er ally inclu de p rima ry s ou rc es as se con da ry s ou rce s. As Ha sa n (20 02: 46 ) say s “
“Seorang peneliti yang mendalami, mencer mati,
menelaah dan mengidentifikasi pengetahuan yang ada dalam kepustakaan (sumber bacaan, buku referensi atau hasil penelitian lain) untuk menunjang penelitiannya, disebut mengkaji bahan pustaka atau studi kepustakaan”
In collectin g the data , the r e a re som e st eps s hould be do ne, they ar e:
• Collecting all r elev ant i nf orm ation f rom the lib ra ry
• Writing down th e inf orm ation r elat ed to the d ata that analy ze d, lik e n ame o f the a utho r, ye a r o f th e boo k, tit le o f the b oo k, and p rinted b ook .
• Readi ng th em an d tr ying t o u nd er stan d the p ro blem s.
2. 3. T ec hnique of A nal yzi ng D ata
In this a naly sis , the write r do es s ome steps in o rd er to make this an alysi s sy stematic an d ea sier . Th ey ar e :
• Readi ng H ello Ma ga zi ne
• Sea rc hing me aning o f slan g la ngu ag e in slan g di ctiona ry • Studyin g th e slan g wo r ds i n Hello Mag a zine
CHAPTER III
A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SLANG
3. 1. D efi nition of Sl ang
Slang i s c ru cial p art of a y oun g p er so n ’s comin g o f a ge one of d ete ctable sig ns of th eir br ea king aw ay fr om thei r p ar ents an d their pa re nts valu e. It is a c he ap se co n d lan gu age that exp r es se s the di ff er en ce s b etwee n a yo ung pe r so n who is a bo ut to e nter adult h oo d fr om hi s o r pa re nt’ s g en er ation.
Slang is a ctually n ot a langu ag e or a dia lect at all, howev er it is mor e a co de in whic h o ne va guel y relate d o r un relat ed w or d or ph ra se is su bstituted f or a mo re com mon one .
The wo rd s that ar e r epla ce d in slan g ar e the most comm on one s: go od (c he rr y, b os s, p hat, da b omb ), b ad (i ck y, y uc ky,
janket y) , c ra zy ( nut s, b ana na s, c ra ck er s , bon ke rs ), sma rt ( br ainy ,
salv vy, sha rp ), fa st (s cr eam , tea r out, fly, like gr ea se d lightning ),
ca se, ma ny o f lingui st say a bo ut slan g in their ow n con ce pt, they ar e:
Acco rdi ng B r aya n A. Ga rn er : Sla ng i s :
A noto riou sly difficult term s to defi ne, ha s p otentially fo r
cha ra cte ristic :
1. It is m ar ke dly lo we r in dignity than st an dar d englis h.
2. It is mor e les s tabo o in the dis co ur se of thos e with high stat us
or high de gr ee of re sp on sibility, a nd
3. It is dis plac es a co nve ntion al tem or f rom th e an noy an ce of
fully elab or ated .
Acco rdi ng R ob ert L. C ha pma n : Sla ng is ,
The b ody o f wo rd s an d ex pr es sion s fre qu ently u sed b y o r intelligible to a rathe r lar ge p ortio n of the g en er al Americ an public, b ut not ac ce pted a s g oo d, fo rmal us ag e b y th e maj ority.
Acco rdi ng G eo rg e Eliot, Middlem ar ch, 18 71 : sla ng i s, I sh all invent a n ew game : I sh all write bits of slan g an d poet on slip s and giv e them to you s ep ar ate.
Acco rdi ng D avid Cr ystal , Th e C amb ridge En cycl ope dia of t h e Englis h L ang ua ge, sla ng is : thi s sc h olar y sou rc e pr ovid ed a limited amou nt o f inf o rmation r ega rdi ng slan g. It is a hel pf ul sou r ce in st udyi ng s uc h a spe ct o f the englis h lang ua ge a s th e histo ry of t he la ng ua ge. En glish vo ca bula ry, en glish g ramm ar, and u se s o f engli sh, it also c ontain s a h elp full gl os sa ry o f terminol ogy a nd re fe r enc e listing .
Acco rdi ng F. G en ung , Outlin es o f P heto ric :
Acco rdi ng C a rld S an db rug :
Slang i s “lan gu ag e whic h take s o f f its coat. Spits o n its ha nd s – and go es to w or k”.
Acco rdi ng J ohn Alge o, U nive r sity o f G eo rgia pr o fe ss or: Slang is, Sla ng i s h uma nity’ s fir st pla y t oy.
3. 2. Kinds of Slang
One u se o f sla ng is simply to cir cum ven t social tab oo s. Fo r this re a son , sla ng voc ab ulari es ar e p a rticula rly rich in ce rtain domain s, su ch as se xu ally, viol enc e, cr ime an d d rug s. The r e a r e not just on e slan g, b ut v er y ma ny va ri eties or diale ct o f it. I n diff e rent so cial g rou ps an d in di ff er ent time hav e d evel ope d o n their ow n sla ng su ch a s c olleg e sla ng, youth slan g, and te en ag er slan g, Man y o f en cr yption , it must co ntactly r en ew it is pro ce ss fr om e xp re s sion, s o th at not pa rt o f gr o up will r emain un able to und er sta nd it.
mainst ream so ciety , de velo pe d thei r o wn sla ng. T he us ag e o f slan g ver y ofte n invol ve s the cr eatio n of no vel mea ning s f or existing w orl ds. It is ve ry comme nt fo r su ch n ov el mea ning t o dive rg e sig ni fic antly fr om the stan da r d mea ning . I n f act, one commo n pr oc es s is f or sl ang w or d to take o ne ex actly th e opp osite me anin g o f the st and a rd d efini tion. The r e ar e a ny kin ds of sla ng, s uch a s :
1. Dialect :
Cohe siv e, chi efly r egio nal an d so cioe c onomic v ari eties o f a langu ag e.
2. Catch Ph ra se s :
Cultur al ph ra se s whi ch d e rive r thei r m eanin g fr om a cultu ral re fe re nc es with whi ch the sp ea ke r an d listene r mu st both b e familiar .
Exampl e : Wh o lov es y a b ab y ?
3. Ja rg on :
4. Sloga s :
“ a fo rc ef ul, catc hy, min d – gr abbi ng utteran ce whi ch will rally pe ople t o b uy som ethin g o r beh av e in c ertai n wa y”
Exampl e : Ma ke a lo ve , n ot wa y ! A spi nkle a day h elps k eep od o rs w ay !
5. Gra ffiti :
“ Any sp onta neo us or un auth oriz ed w riting o r d rawin g on walls, v ehicl es , an d oth e r pu blic pla ce s. It is typi cally o bs ce ne or political in cha r acte r, but a g r eat deal of humo r and wi sd om can als o be fo un d.”
Exampl e : Letha rg y rule zz zz zzz zz zz zz z Lisa lo ve s Mic ha el
6. Arg ot an d C ant
7. Regist er
“ I n St ylistic, a soci al d efin ed va riety o f lang ua ge, s uch a s scie ntific or leg al e nglish .”
8. Colloquiali sm ;
“ n. an . Exp re s sion u se d in or dina ry con ve rs ation, b ut not re ga rde d as sla ng, “ simply inf o rmal e ng lish”
9. Soleci sm:
“n. b rea ch o f g ramm a r a b re ach o f etiqu ette” Exampl e : “ He do n’t kn ow bette r”
3.3. Us age Or Abu sag e
all neolo gisme i s the de sire to es ca p e f rom th e old a cc epte d phr a se s : the d esi re fo r n ovelty ope rat es m or e f re ely, aud acio usly , and r apidly in slan g – that is the only di ff er en ce.
Slang is i ndic ative not only o f m an ’s e arthin es s but of hi s indomitable spi rit : it sets him in his p r ope r pl ace : relat es a ma n to his f ellows, to his w orld a nd t he w orl d, a nd to th e u nive r se.
And slan g is em ploy ed fo r on e o r two o r mor e of ele ven r ea so ns : 1. In sh ee r high spi rits “ ju st f or the f un of the thin g”
2. As a n exe r cise in wit o r hum ou r 3. To b e di f fe rent
4. To b e pi ctur e squ e
5. To b e sta rling to sta rtle
6. To e sc ap e fr om clic he s and lon g – wind edn es s 7. To e nri ch l ang ua ge
8. To give s olidity and c on cr eten e ss to the ab stra ct an d th e idealistic, a nd ne ar ne ss to th e di stant sc ene o r o bject.
langu ag e. Oth er gr oup de velo ped th eir own sla ng . In ge ne ral, gro up s o n the m a rgin s o f main str eam so ciet y wh o we re ex clud e d or rej ecte d b y it.
CHAPTER I V
FI NDI NGS AND ANALYS IS
SLANG FOUND I N HELLO M AGAZI NE ( OCTOBER 20 05 )
• Awful : sangat s edih/tidak senang
Living in such an awful, em otionless world
has form ed every decision she has m ade in
her life. (Hello m agazine , 2005:11)
• Bah : ekslam asi m enunjukkan terkejut/jijik
Bah I did that really just happen in front
of you, and you just kept silent? (Hello
Magazine,2005:44)
It baffles m e how people can think how
she is t aking a young boy’s. innocence
away. (Hello Maga zine, 2005:11)
• Bail : Pergi
- I’m late! I gotta bail !
- I was shocked, she suddenly decided to
bail for no reason. (Hello Magazine,
2005:44)
• Bail O ut : Meninggalkan (Seseorang/sesuatu)
Are you bail out on m e? (Hello Mag azine,
2005:44)
• Bananas : Om ong kosong/tidak dapat dipercaya
You really love it ? That m ovie was
• Big Shot : orang yang sangat penting/berpengaruh
Gets dis covered by a big shot Hollywood
producer (Hello M agazine,2005:3)
• Bit : bagian kecil da ri s andiwara/hiburan
Weirdly, playing the character was a little
bit the sam e. (Hello Maga zine, 2005:11)
• B ullies : sangat bagus
Talking about her experience with b ullies
(Hello Magazine, 2005:3)
• C hew able : m akanan yang bisa dikunyah
The chewable tablet m ust be chewed
(Hello Magazine, 2005: 21)
• D uc ke d : cewek yang berw ajah / penam pilan jel ek
Allysa pulled up and ducked under yellow
• D um pi ng : tem pat m urahan (rum ah hotel)
Which in this case wa s their town’s public
trash dum ping area. (Hello Maga zine,
2005:16)
• Gar bage : m akanan, barang dagangan yang tidak
berharga .
She nodded to pile of rotten
garbage.(Hello Maga zine, 2005:17).
• H ail : neraka / ungkapan m arah
Call m e im m ediately. I’ll be here. Rain,
hail, or shine. ( Hello Maga zine, 2005:17).
• H ooke r : pelacur/PSK
“A hooker?” She asked. (Hello Magazine,
• Jane Doe : sebutan untuk perem puan yang tak dikenal
But I think the person who killed our Jane
Doe has kept the victim ’s right ear as a
souvenir. (Hello Magazine, 2005:18).
• Junk : pesta kecil / narkotika/hiburan
But in the m idst of all these junk. (Hello
Magazine, 2005:17).
• Psyc hopath : penderita sakit jiwa/or ang gila
Are w e dealing with a psychopath?” a
question arose from the team . ( Hello
Magazine, 2005:18).
• Show : orang yang diharapkan kedatangannya
There’s a lot of pressure to carry a show
when you’re m y age. (Hello Ma gazin,
• Sly : tipu daya
He w as c aught off guard when she suddenly
slid. (Hello Maga zine, 2005:19)
• Ye p : ya
I was like , yep, this is what I w ant to do.
(Hello Magazine, 2005:3)
• Yo : 1. Digunakan untuk m enarik perhatian
orang
- Yo, com e here! (Hello Magazine,
2005:29)
• Weir d : m em ancing reaksi yang em osional/unik
Weirdly playing the chara cter was a li ttle
• Zonke d : am at sangat m abuk (karena
m inum an/narkoba)
Did you see that f at guy at the party? He
was zonked. (Hello Magazine , 2005:29).
• Zoot : ungkapan yang susah dim engerti
That com plicated cas e zooted m e.
I didn’t understand, it at zooted. (Hello
Magazine, 2005:29)
• Zoste d : m abuk
I was zosted last night. (Hello Magazine,
Inst ant mes se nger abbre vi ations
afk - aw ay from keyboard
bbl - be back l ater
bf - boyfriend
brb - be right back
btw - by the way
cya - se e you later
fyi - for your inform ation
g2g - got to go
gf - girlfriend
gg - gotta go
ic - I s ee
ilu - I love you
IM - Instant m ess age
Im o - in m y opinion
Im ho - in m y honest/humble opinion
j/c - just chillin
j/j - just joking
jk - just kidding
jp - just playin
lm ao - laughing my ass off
lol - laughing out loud
nm - never m ind
np - no problem
oic - oh I se e
otw - on the way
om g - oh m y god
pos - parent over shoulder
rir - “(pa)r ents” in room
rofl - rolling on floor laughing
roflm ao - rolling on floor laughing m y ass of
ru - are you
d a y a t t h e b e a c h .
B e c a u s e ‘ c u z I d o n ’ t l i k e s t e v e ‘ c u z … .
C a n C ’ n
I c ’ n b e r e a d y t o l e a v e i n
t w o m i n u t e s
D i d Y o u D i d j a / d i d j u
A l t h o u g h t h e s e r e d u c t i o n
m a y b e u s e d
i n t e r c h a n g e a b l y , d i d j a i s
c o m m o n l y f o l l o w e d b y a
c o n s o n a n t , a n d d i d j u i s
u s u a l l y f o l l o w e d b y a
v o w e l :
D i d j a s e e N a n c y a t t h e
p a r t y ?
D i d j u i n v i t e h i m f o r a
S o m e S ’ m
I n e e d s ’ m m o r e t i m e t o
f i n i s h t h i s w o r k
T h a t T h ’ n J i m i s a y e a r o l d e r t h ’ n y o u
T h e m ‘ e m / t h ’ m
A l t h o u g b o t h r e d u c t i o n m a y
b e i n t e r c h a n g e a b l y , t h ’ m i s
o f t e n u s e d t o m a k e a
d i s t i n c t i o n f r o m I ’ m ( a
r e d u c t i o n o g “ h i m ) w h e n t h e
c o n t e x t i s n o t c l e a r :
I h a v e n ’ t m e t ‘ e m b e f o r e
I h a v e n ’ t m e t t h ’ m b e f o r e
T o T a / d a
W h e n f o l l o w e d b y a v o w e l ,
t a b e c o m e s d a : D i d i y o u
g i v e a b i r t h d a y g i f t t a R o b ?
W o u l d
h a v e
W o u l d ’ a
I w o u l d ’ a c a l l e d y o u b u t I
l o s t y o u r t e l e p h o n e n u m b e r
Y o u Y a H o r a r e y a ?
Y o u ’ r e Y ’ r Y ’ r a v e r y h a r d w o r k e r
Y o u r Y e r
Y e r w o r k h a s i m p r o v e d a
5.2. Sugg es t io n
Afte r lea rnin g an d dis cu ssin g the p r evio us, th e write r like to give som e sug ge stion a s follow :
1. The w rite r h op es t hat slan g la ngu ag e i s a dd ed th e numb er o f one a b ea utiful lan gua ge th at can u sin g in eve ry cla s se s an d statu s.
2. For p eopl e s ho uld know the re a re ma ny kind of sla ng lan gua ge in teen ag er is us ed an d not ju st o ne sla n g.
3. For th e te ena ge r, the e f fe ct o f slan g make thei r lif e style i s alway s c ha ngin g a nd ca n in flu enc e to th eir cultu re ev er yd ay. 4. The tee na ge r whe n the y us ed sl ang la n gua ge in thei r gr ou p it
can ma ke them mo re c on fide nc e to have a r elation shi p to anoth e r p eopl e.
