AN ANALYSIS OF REGISTER USED BY COMMENTATOR OF MOTOGP PROGRAM ON TRANS7 TV
THESIS
By:
KANTI LESTARI
UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
AN ANALYSIS OF REGISTER USED BY COMMENTATOR OF MOTOGP PROGRAM ON TRANS7 TV
THESIS
This thesis is submitted to meet one of the requirements to achieve Sarjana Degree in English Education
By:
KANTI LESTARI 08360041
UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
MOTTO AND DEDICATION
Motto:
“In life, just NEVER give up when you still have something to
give, because nothing is really ever until the moment you stop
trying.”
Dedication:
First of all I would like to thank to Allah
For his mercy and blessing
I dedicated this thesis to:
My beloved father and mother,
My brothers,
My best friends,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Alhamdulillah wa syukurillah, all grateful prays to the great loving Allah SWT, the almighty and the most merciful, for his gift to the writer in finishing the thesis. My lord sends salutations upon Muhammad SAW and upon the family of Muhammadiyah SAW.
The writer would like to express her deep appreciation and gratitude to Fardini Sabilah, M.Pd and Drs. Hartono, M. Pd, her supervisor, for their patience, willingness and invaluable guidance as well as suggestion for the completition for this thesis.
A special thank to beloved mother (Wartiningsih), beloved father (Poniman), my brothers (Iwan Wahyudi and Purwadi, beloved friends (Lulud, Ninik, and Yanti) for their encouragement, love, care and pray, so that she can finish her thesis.
Finally, the writer hopes that this thesis is useful to the students of sociolinguistics subject for deeper comprehension and the next researcher will be better. Thank you all and God bless us.
Malang, November 2012
Kanti Lestari
TABLE OF CONTENTS
APPROVAL ……… i
LEGALIZATION ……….. ii
MOTTO AND DEDICATION ……….. iii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ……….. iv
ABSTRACT ……… v
TABLE OF CONTENTS ……….. vi
CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION 1.1Background of the Study ………... 1
1.2Statement of the Problems ………. 3
1.3Purposes of the Study ………. 3
1.4Scope and Limitation……….. 4
1.5Significance of the Study ………... 4
1.6Definition of the Key Term ……… 5
CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 2.1Sociolinguistics ………...……… 6
2.2Language and Society……….. 7
2.3 Varieties of Language……….. 7
2.3.1 Slang………. 8
2.3.2 Argot ……… 9
2.3.3 Cant ……… 9
2.3.4 Jargon ………... 10
2.4 Word Formation Process………. 12
2.5 MotoGP Program on Trans7 TV………. 15
2.5.1 The Program of MotoGP Program on Trans7 TV……… 15
2.5.2 Jargon Used in Commentator of MotGP Program on Trans7 TV ……… 17
CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METODOLOGY 3.1Research Design ……….. 17
3.2Research Subject ………... 18
3.3Research Instrument ……… 18
3.4Data Collection………. 19
3.5Data Analysis………... 19
CHAPTER IV: FINDING AND DISCUSSION 4.1Finding ……… 21
4.1.2 The Most Dominant Type of Register Used
By Commentator of MotoGP Program on Trans 7 TV……… 23
4.1.3 The Word Formation Process of Register Used By Commentator of MotoGP Program on Trans 7 TV………… 23
4.1.3.1Acronym……….. 24
4.1.3.2Borrowing………... 24
4.1.3.3Compounding………. 24
4.1.3.4Derivation……… 26
4.2 Discussion………. 27
CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION 5.1 Conclusion ……… 29
5.2 Suggestion ……… 30
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Ariyanti, Yeni. 2004. The Register Used by Photography Community of Muhammadiyah University of Malang. Unpublished Thesis. Malang: University of Muhammadiyah Malang.
Ary, Donald. 2006. Introduction to Research in Education Seventh Edition. Canada: Thomson Wadsworth.
Bodgan, Robert C., and Biklen, Sari Knopp. 2007. Qualitative Research for Education: An Introduction to Theories and Methods. Boston: Pearson Education Inc.
Cambridge University Press. 2007. Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary: Third Edition. Italy: LegoPrint S.p.A.
Coleman, Julie. 2009. AHistory of Cant and Slang Dictionaries. New York: Oxford University Press Inc.
Downes, William. 2003. Language and Society: Second Edition. United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.
Holmes, Janet. 2001. An introduction to Sociolinguistics, Second Edition. England: Pearson Education Limited.
http://id-id.facebook.com/DailyRatingTelevisiIndonesia, accessed: October 11, 2012.
http://motor.sportku.com/berita/profil-modifikasi/profile/5738-matteo-guerinoni-masih-kurang-beruntung, accessed: January 15, 2012.
http://wenku.baidu.com/view/eefa98c2d5bbfd0a79567338.html, accessed: November 5, 2012.
http://www.dapurpacu.com/matteo-guerinoni-saya-masih-kompetitif/, accessed: January 15, 2012.
http://www.motogp.com/en/MotoGP+Basics, accessed: January 15, 2012.
Hudson, R.A., 2001. Sociolinguistics Second Edition. New York. Cambridge University Press.
Indriyani, Sari. 2003. A Study on Military Registers used by “ARHAUND”
Kunihiro, Tetsuya, Inoue, Tetsuya and Long, Daniel. 1998. Takesi Sibata: Sociolinguistics in Japanese Contexts. Berlin: Mounton de Gruyter.
Marlow, Christine. 2001. Research Methods for Generalist Social Network. United States of America: Wadworth.
Mattiello, Elisa. 2008. An Introduction to English Slang: A Description of its Morphology, Semantics and Sociology. Italy: Polimetrica.
Nestor, Paul G, dkk. 2012. Research Method in Psychology: Investigating Human Behavior. United States of America: Acid-Free Paper.
Norem, Josh. 2005, November. Maximum PC. Hlm. 80, accessed: January 15, 2012. Readford, Andrew et.al. 2005. Linguistics: An Intoduction. United Kingdom:
Cambridge University Press.
Trudgil, Peter. 1983. Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Sociolinguist to Language and Society. England: Penguin Books Ltd.
Wardaugh, Ronald. 2006. An Introduction to Sociolinguistics. New York: Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Yule, George. 1996. The Study of Language Second Edition. New York: Cambridge University Press.
1 CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
Chapter I of this research presents: background of the study, statement of the problems, purpose of the study, scope and limitation, significance of the study and definition of the key terms. Each section is presented as follows.
1.1Background of the Study
According to Wardaugh (2006: 13) “Sociolinguistics is concerned with investigating the relationship between language and society with the goal of being a better understanding of the structure of language and of how languages function in communication”. There are many sociolinguistics components. One of them is language variation. Language variation has several points of view such as slang, register, argot and cant. The uses of them are influenced by contact among people in different communities.
From the above description, every community has a different language variety that is important to know, especially register. According to Holmes (2001: 246) the term register as the language of groups of people with common interests or jobs, or
the language used in situation associated with such group. Holmes also stated “others
use the term with different occupational groups” (2001: 246). It also happens in
2
In fact, there are many fields which use register in their communication especially motorcycling racing field in the MotoGP program. It can make common people confused. As outsiders, we sometimes make a mistake in interpreting what people mean. It is a common thing because they have different background. Besides, the term of register which is used by every field is usually different from that used by other fields.
There have been some studies related to register. The first was conducted by Indriyani (2003). In her study, she used a qualitative design. She found 59 English
registers jargons in “ARHANUD community in Karangploso Malang” and twenty
two formal registers and thirty seven informal registers. The second was conducted by Sari (2005). She studied about the register used by the employees of shoe company Artisan Jaya Internusa Makmur Malang. She found 142 formal registers and 4 informal registers.
Based on the above description, the writer is interested in analyzing the types of register used by the commentator of MotoGP program on Trans7 TV. Moreover, she wants to analyze the word formation process of register used by the commentator. So, she intends to classify the types of register, the most dominant, and word formation process of register used by the commentator.
3
formation process of register. It will minimize the mistakes and make people easy to interact in society.
1.2Statement of the Problems
Based on the background of the study above, the writer formulates the problems as follows:
1. What types of register do the commentator of MotoGP program on Trans7 TV use? 2. What is the most dominant type of register used by commentator of MotoGP program
on Trans7 TV?
3. How is the formation process of register found in the commentator of MotoGP program on Trans7 TV?
1.3Purpose of the Study
Based on the statement of the problems above, the purposes of this study is to provide adequate answers to the questions, they are:
1. To know types of the register used by the commentator in MotoGP program on Trans7 TV.
2. To find the most dominant register used by the commentator of MotoGP program on Trans7 TV.
4 1.4Scope and Limitation of the Study
The scope of this study is register. The writer will analyze the types, the most dominant and the word of formation processes based on word formation process theory purposed by Yule (1996). The limitation of this study is the commentator of MotoGP program on Trans 7 TV. He was Mateo Guerinoni.
1.5Significance of the Study
The writer expects that the result of this study will give knowledge and a clear description to the readers about the types, the most dominant and the formation process of register which is done by the commentator of MotoGP program on Trans7 TV. So, the reader will be easy to understand and minimize the mistakes about register.
For students, it will be useful for learning sociolinguistic subject about register. The students will be easy to understand register and know some examples of register that is used by the commentator of MotoGP program on Trans7 TV.
1.6Definition of the Key Terms
In order to understand and to avoid misunderstanding on the concepts of this analysis, the writer gives a short explanation about the essential terms. Below is the terms used in this study:
1. A register is the specialized vocabulary common to a particular trade, occupation, topic or activity (Radford et.al, 2005: 256).
5
2. MotoGP is the highest level of motorcycle racing in the world. (Norem, 2010; 80). 3. Commentator is someone who describes an event on the radio or television while the
