An Analysis of Slang Words in 'Friends Season 2' Movie

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AN ANALYSIS OF SLANG WORDS IN ‘FRIENDS SEASON 2’ MOVIE

DIRECTED BY DAVID CRANE AND MARTA KAUFFMAN

ANITA KAJALAKI

201610100311202

ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHING TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

2020

AN ANALYSIS OF SLANG WORDS IN ‘FRIENDS SEASON 2’ MOVIE

DIRECTED BY DAVID CRANE AND MARTA KAUFFMAN

THESIS

This thesis is submitted to meet one of the requirements to achieve

Sarjana Degree in English Language Education

By:

ANITA KAJALAKI

201610100311202

ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

2020

MOTTO AND DEDICATION

MOTTO

Our life what our thought make it.

(Hafosan)

DEDICATION

I dedicated this thesis to:

My Mother, Father

All of my family

And All My Friends that Support Me.

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AN ANALYSIS OF SLANG WORDS IN ‘FRIENDS SEASON 2’ MOVIE DIRECTED BY DAVID CRANE AND MARTA KAUFFMAN

ABSTRACT

Language has many variations in society which used by many people in this world. One of the famous variety of language that used by people is slang words. Slang is one of varieties of language in sociolinguistics used by society to interact each other based on context and used by some communities. This study focused on slang words in ‘Friends Season 2’ movie directed by David Crane and Marta Kauffman with two purposes: (1) To describe the meanings of slang words used by three the main characters of ‘Friends Season 2’ movie. (2) To identify types of slang words used by three the main characters of ‘Friends Season 2’ movie. In this research, the researcher used descriptive qualitative method. It is expected to get the data about what are the meanings of slang words used by three the main characters of ‘Friends Season 2’ Movie and What are types of slang words used by three the main characters of ‘Friends Season 2’ movie. The object of this research was a movie especially in the dialogues of ‘Friends Season 2’movie. This research was using document analysis. Then, the human investigator is the primary instrument for gathering and analyzing data on this research the researchers use documentation. The finding revealed that the meanings of slang words used by the actors are different according to the context of ‘Friends Season 2’ movie. It also revealed types of slang are two types are slang in the form of words and slang in the form of phrase. The slang in the form of words is a linguistic unit that smaller than a phrase. And the slang in the form of phrase is it shows their feelings, opinions or ideas. Key words: sociolinguistics, slang, friends season 2movie

Advisor I The researcher

Dra. Thathit Manon Andini, M.Hum. Anita Kajalaki

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Alhamdulillah and all praise to Allah SWT, the most merciful and charitable who gives guidance, affection, and blessing so that the researcher is able to finish this thesis. They are the most perfect words that the writer express for this successful these under the tittle “An Analysis of Slang Words in ‘Friends

Season2’ Movie’. The researcher would like to express her deepest gratitude toward Dra. Thathit Manon Andini, M.Hum as her first advisor and Agista Nidya

Wardani, S.S, S.Pd. M.A. as her second advisor for their comments and corrections during the completion of this thesis.

Finally, her deepest gratitude goes to her beloved mother, father, brother, and sisters who always give edless love, prayers, and encouragement during thesis period. The researcher also thanks to all her beloved friends for their kindness and moral support during her research. Thanks for the friendship and memories. The writer hopes that this thesis will be beneficial for the readers.

Malang, July 20, 2020

Anita Kajalaki

TABLE OF CONTENTS

APPROVAL iii

MOTTOS AND DEDICATIONS iv

LETTER OF AUTHENTICITY v

ABSTRACT vi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vii

TABLE OF CONTENS viii

LIST OF APPENDICES x

CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of the Study 1 1.2 Statement of the Problem 3 1.3 Purpose of the Study 3 1.4 Significance of the Study Scope and Limitation 4 1.5 Scope and Limitation 4 1.6 Definition of Key terms 5

CHAPTER II : REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

2.1 Sociolinguistics 7 2.2 Slang Language 7 2.2.1Type of Slang 8 2.2.2The Slang Words 9 2.3 History of Slang 10 2.4 Characteristic of Slang 11 2.5 Friends Season 2 Movie 12

CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHOD

3.1 Research Design 14 3.2 Research Object 15 3.3 Data Collection 15 3.3.1 Research Instrument 15 3.3.2 Procedure 16 3.4 Data Analysis 16

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CHAPTER IV: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION

4.1 Research Finding 18 4.2 Discussion 40

CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION

5.1 Conclusion 43 5.2 Suggestion 44

REFERENCES 45

APPENDICES 48

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LIST OF APPENDIX

Appendix I. Slang in the form of words and Slang in the form of phrase

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