ABSTRACT Lubis, Fitri Dea Sahira. Slang in the Script of Suicide Squad
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1 ABSTRACT Lubis, Fitri Dea Sahira. Slang in the script of Suicide Squad movie. Skripsi. English Department, Faculty of Teachers’ Training and Education, University of Muhammadiyah Sumatera Utara, Medan. 2017. This study deals with the use of slang in the script of Suicide Squad movie. The objectives of the study were to find out the types of slang words, to find out the meanings of slang words and to find out the reason why the most dominant type of slang used in the script of Suicide Squad movie. This research was carried out by using descriptive qualitative method. The data were collected from choosing the movie of Suicide Squad movie. There were twelve scenes and all scenes were taken to be analyzed, the technique used to analyze the data obtained was by identifying the slang, tabulated the slang into their types and classifying the meanings of slang and then give the reason the most dominant used in the script of the movie. There were 63 slang used in the script of Suicide Squad movie. The findings of the data analysis showed that six types of slang namely cockney slang with the amount of 3, public house slang with the amount of 13, workmen‟s slang with the amount of 2, society slang with the amount of 43, slang in theatre with the mount of 1, and slang in church with the amount of 1. The findings showed that the meaning used by the characters are contextual meaning, depending on the situation or given context because slang has many meanings on the slang dictionary. But each slang has a meaning depends on its context and story. The most dominant type of slang is society slang and the reason of using most dominant type of slang in the script of the movie because this movie has action and superhero genre in which there are a lot rude words to be used because to express their feeling when angry and rude words include to society slang that why the most dominant type used in this movie. Keywords: Language Varieties, Slang, Meaning, Suicide Squad Movie 1 2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Assalammu‟alaikum Wr.Wb. First of all, the researcher would like to express her greatest gratefulness to Almighty Allah SWT and Muhammad SAW, the prophet, as well as to His companions for the blessing and the chances given to her in completion of the thesis. The researcher would like to thank her dearest parents, her beloved father H. Suhdi Lubis and her beloved mother Hj. Asmara Damanik for their prayers, material and more supports, and their love during her academic years in completing her study. In the name of Allah, Most Gracious and Most Merciful. The researcher would like to deliver to the dean of FKIP UMSU Dr. Elfrianto Nasution, S.Pd, M.Pd, for his guidance, suggestion, and encouragements during the years of the researcher there. Mandra Saragih, S.Pd, M.Hum, as the head of English Department and Pirman Ginting, S.Pd, M.Hum, as the secretary of English Department, Yessi Irianti, S.Pd, M.Hum, as the supervisor and Mandra Saragih, S.Pd, M.Hum, as the second reviewer who have given their suggestion, comment, correction and guidance in writing this skripsi. Lecturers in FKIP UMSU who have given their valuable thoughts in English teaching, H. Irfan Bustami, S.H, M.Hum, as the head of library UMSU Jalan Kapten Mukhtar Basri No.3 Medan, who has allowed her to collect the data in the library. her sister Asdita and her little brother Taufik who have given her motivation in finishing this skripsi. her 3 closet friends, Sura Isnainy, Elviyani Ritonga, Dita Syafriani, and Pauziah Marpaung and all of friends in VIII E Morning who had given care and support in finishing this skripsi. May Allah bless them all. Aamiin. Wassalammu‟alaikum Wr. Wb. Medan, 05 March 2017 The researcher Fitri Dea Sahira Lubis 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT ......................................................................................................... i ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ............................................................................................................................... ii TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................................... iv LIST OF TABLE................................................................................................. vi LIST OF APPENDICES..................................................................................... vii CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION ........................................................................ 1 A. The Background of the Study........................................................................... 1 B. The Indentification of the Problems ................................................................. 3 C. Scope and Limitation ........................................................................................ 3 D. The Formulation of the Problems..................................................................... 3 E. The Objectives of the Study ............................................................................. 4 F. The Significance of the Study ........................................................................... 4 CHAPTER II REVIEW OF LITERATURE ................................................... 6 A. Theoritical Framework ..................................................................................... 6 2.1.Sociolinguistic .......................................................................................... 6 2.2. Language Variety .................................................................................... 7 2.3. The Slang Language ................................................................................ 7 2.4. History of Slang Language...................................................................... 10 2.5. Types of Slang........................................................................................ 12 5 a. Cockney Slang ................................................................................. 12 b. Public House Slang .......................................................................... 13 c. Workmen‟s Slang ............................................................................. 14 d. Society Slang .................................................................................... 15 e. Slang in Theatre ............................................................................... 16 f. Slang in Church ................................................................................ 17 2.6. The Function of Slang ............................................................................ 18 2.7. The Characteristic and The Meaning of Slang Language Type ............. 18 2.8. Standard English .................................................................................... 19 2.9. Movie ..................................................................................................... 20 2.10. The Synopsis of the Movie .................................................................. 21 2.11. The Biography of the Director ............................................................. 22 B. The Previous of Related Study ......................................................................... 23 C. Conceptual Framework .................................................................................... 26 CHAPTER III METHOD OF RESEARCH..................................................... 27 A. Research Design ............................................................................................... 27 B. Source of Data .................................................................................................. 27 C. The Techniques of Data Collection .................................................................. 27 D. The Techniques of Data Analysis .................................................................... 28 CHAPTER IV DATA AND DATA ANALYSIS .............................................. 30 A. Data Collection ................................................................................................. 30 B. Data Analysis.................................................................................................... 32 C. Research Findings ............................................................................................ 40 BAB V CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS ............................................. 41 6 A. Conclusions ...................................................................................................... 41 B. Suggestions ....................................................................................................... 42 REFERENCES APPENDIXES 7 LIST OF TABLE 1. Table 4.1. Data Collection ............................................................................ 30 2. Table 4.2. Types of Slang in the Script of Suicide Squad Movie ................. 32 3. Table 4.3. The Percentage of the Types of slang .......................................... 35 4. Table 4.4. The Meaning of Slang .................................................................. 36 8 LIST OF APPENDICES Appendix Suicide Squad Movie Script ......................................................... 44 Appendix Form K-1 ...................................................................................... 109 Appendix Form K-2 ...................................................................................... 110 Appendix Form K-3 ...................................................................................... 111 Appendix Lembar Pengesahan Proposal ....................................................... 112 Appendix Lembar Pernyataan