THE ANALYSIS OF SLANG WORD FORMATION
USED IN “EASY A” MOVIE
A THESIS
Submitted to Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra
By:
HERVINA ZUHRA
Reg. Number: 209220019
ENGLISH AND LITERATURE DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGES AND ARTS
ABSTRACT
Zuhra, Hervina. 209220019. The Analysis of Slang Word Formation Used in “Easy A” Movie. A Thesis. Faculty of Languages and Arts. State University of Medan. 2013.
The study was deal with the word formation for forming slang found in the first 45 minutes of Easy A Movie. The objectives of study was to describe the meanings of those slang words found in the first 45 minutes of Easy A Movie and the types of Word Formation for forming them, also derived the dominant type of Word Formation appeared in Easy A Movie. The data were analyzed by identifying the utterances found in the dialogue spoken by all characters in Easy A Movie which is the script was downloaded from the internet. The findings show that there were seven types of word formation found in the first 45 minutes of
Easy A Movie. The seven types were: a) Coinage (58,8%), b) Borrowing (0,9%), c) Compounding (0,9%), d) Clipping (30,6%), e) Conversion (3,2%), f) Derivation (3,2%) g) Multiple processes (2,4%). The dominant type of word formation for forming slang words used by characters in the first 45 minutes of
Easy A Movie was Coinage 73 utterances (58,8%). The reason of Coinage became the dominant type for forming slang words in Easy A Movie was because the characters in Easy A Movie loved to make-up new words with new meanings or just re-used the old words contained of totally new meanings. The characters in
Easy A Movie who were dominantly teenagers believed that it became more impressive to use those kinds of words.
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CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
A. The Background of the Study
to understand what natives say because slang has been take part of everyday language especially for the youth. For examples, the speakers will say “I’ll catch
ya later” instead of “I’ll see you later” or “Look that hottie!” instead of “Look!
There is a handsome man!” If these two sentences are translated literally, the
listeners or the readers will get confused with the meanings. Slang sometimes give the language users new words or the old words to the new uses.
Speaking in general, slang is a sociocultural practice that speakers use for such social purposes such as showing the same speech-level with audience, showing social intercourse, and showing friendliness or intimacy. Slang typically consists of new words or wide meanings, and develops to find fresh, spirited, colorful, harsh or humorous expressions.
Movies are the most popular entertainment besides books or games. Movies give the viewers new experiences and knowledge through its story in audio-visual way. The writer will describe about the slang words used in the first
45 minutes of “Easy A” Movie. Frommer and Finegan (2004:243) write that
“The slang terms are often found in movies and music reviews, lifestyle pieces,
and people columns. ”The writer chooses “Easy A” as her content of discussion
because it is assumed that the use of slang can be found easily in this movie. The other reason for choosing this movie as the discuss topic because the movie is
story about teen’s life in America. Krapp (1925:1) stated that according to
Sherman, “British style is more structured because it derives from study of the
classics, while American is more free and impulsive.” Because of the freedom of
2. What arethe types of word formation used for forming slang words in “Easy
A”?
3. What is the dominant linguistic process used in “Easy A”? C. The Objectives of the Study
The Objectives of this study are:
1. To describe theslang words and their meanings used in the first 45 minutes
of “Easy A.”
2. To derive the linguistics process forming the slang words used in “Easy
A.”
3. To state the dominant linguistic process of slang used in “Easy A.” D. The Scope of the Study
The scope of the study is focused on the linguistics processeswhich formed slang words used in the dialogue spoken by all charactersin the first 45 minutes of “Easy A”. The analysis is donebased on the theory of Yule (1985). E. The Significance of the Study
Theoretically, the research findings of this study are expected to be useful for the enrichment for the relevant theory which is started by Yule (1985).
CHAPTER V
CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
A. Conclusions
After analyzed the data, the writer concluded that:
1. There are ten types of word formation based on the theory of Yule (1985:52) but the writer found only seven types of them used for forming slang in the first 45 minutes of “Easy A” Movie. They were Coinage, Borrowing, Compounding, Clipping, Conversion, Derivation and Multiple processes.
2. The dominant type of word formation for forming slang words used by characters in the first 45 minutes of “Easy A” Movie was Coinage 73 utterances (58,8%), followed by Clipping with 38 utterances (30,6%),then Derivation and Conversion with 4 utterances (3,2%), Multiple Processes with 3 utterances (2,4%), then the last were Borrowing and Compounding with only 1 utterance (0,9%).
3. The reason that Coinage is became the dominant type for forming
slang words in “Easy A” Movie was because language users loved to
B. Suggestions
1. The slang words are such inappropriate words because it usually give rude meanings but it is common to use them in America. So, the listeners needed to know how do these words formed because slang could be make-up words or just came from the old to the new uses. It was also possible that slang is formed by compounding two words become one, borrowed it from the other languages, cut off an exist word or changed the function of a word. It is important for giving the listener a clear explanation so that the listeners would not make a mistake in understanding the meaning of those slang words which usually appear in movies.