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Slangs Reflecting Male and Female Rappers' Lexical Styles Seen in Song PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI SLANGS REFLECTING MALE AND FEMALE RAPPERS’ LEXICAL STYLES SEEN IN SONG LYRICS AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra in English Letters By YUSTINA ROSA Student Number: 144214097 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LETTERS FACULTY OF LETTERS UNIVERSITAS SANATA DHARMA YOGYAKARTA 2018 PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI SLANGS REFLECTING MALE AND FEMALE RAPPERS’ LEXICAL STYLES SEEN IN SONG LYRICS AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra in English Letters By YUSTINA ROSA Student Number: 144214097 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LETTERS FACULTY OF LETTERS UNIVERSITAS SANATA DHARMA YOGYAKARTA 2018 ii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI A Sarjana Sastra Undergraduate Thesis SLANGS REFLECTING MALE AND FEMALE RAPPERS’ LEXICAL STYLES SEEN IN SONG LYRICS By: YUSTINA ROSA Student Number: 144214097 Approved by Arina Isti‟anah, S.Pd.,M.Hum. June 11, 2018 Advisor Fransisca Kristanti, S.Pd., M.Hum. Co-Advisor June 11, 2018 iii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI A Sarjana Sastra Undergraduate Thesis SLANGS REFLECTING MALE AND FEMALE RAPPERS’ LEXICAL STYLES SEEN IN SONG LYRICS By: YUSTINA ROSA Student Number: 144214097 Defended before the Board of Examiners on July 12, 2018 and Declared Acceptable BOARD OF EXAMINERS Name Signature Chairperson : Arina Isti‟anah, S.Pd., M.Hum. ______________ Secretary : Fransisca Kristanti, S.Pd., M.Hum. ______________ Member 1 : Wedhowerti S.Pd., M.Hum. ______________ Member 2 : Arina Isti‟anah, S.Pd., M.Hum. ______________ Member 3 : Fransisca Kristanti, S.Pd., M.Hum. ______________ Yogyakarta, July 31, 2018 Faculty of Letters Sanata Dharma University Dean Dr. Tatang Iskarna, M.Hum. iv PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI STATEMENT OF ORIGINALITY I certify that this undergraduate thesis contains no material which has been previously submitted for the award of any other degree at any university, and that, to the best of my knowledge, this undergraduate thesis contains no material previously written by any other person except where due reference is made in the text of the undergraduate thesis. Yogyakarta, June 5, 2018 Yustina Rosa v PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI LEMBAR PERNYATAAN PERSETUJUAN PUBLIKASI KARYA ILMIAH UNTUK KEPENTINGAN AKADEMIS Yang bertanda tangan di bawah ini, saya mahasiswa Universitas Sanata Dharma Nama : Yustina Rosa Nomor Mahasiswa : 144214097 Demi pengembangan ilmu pengetahuan, saya memberikan kepada Perpustakaan Universitas Sanata Dharma karya ilmiah saya yang berjudul SLANGS REFLECTING MALE AND FEMALE RAPPERS’ LEXICAL STYLES SEEN IN SONG LYRICS beserta perangkat yang diperlukan (bila ada). Dengan demikian saya memberikan kepada Perpustakaan Universitas Sanata Dharma hak untuk menyimpan, mengalihkan dalam bentuk media lain, mengelolanya dalam bentuk pangkalan data, mendistribusikan secara terbatas, dan mempublikasikannya di internet atau media lain untuk kepentingan akademis tanpa perlu meminta ijin kepada saya maupun memberikan royalti kepada saya selama tetap mencantumkan nama saya sebagai penulis. Demikian pernyataan ini saya buat dengan sebenarnya. Dibuat di Yogyakarta Pada tanggal 5 Juni 2018 Yang menyatakan, Yustina Rosa vi PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI “Never forget to pray and thank to Jesus for what He has been giving to us.” Happy Silver Anniversary to My Heroes, Siprianus Madu, S.Pd. & Maria Ni Made Partini vii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI “If you combine the initial letter of your and your brothers’ name, it forms EYE. With EYE, you could reach “larger scope of view”” -Mom- viii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First of all I would like to deliver my gratitude to Jesus Christ, Mother Mary, and St. Joseph, who have been giving Their blessings upon me, my family, and my beloved people, so all of us could always be in a good condition. Besides, because of Their help and guidance, I could finish my undergraduate thesis. Secondly, I would like to convey a bunch of thanks to my advisor, Arina Isti‟anah, S.Pd., M.Hum., for her patience in guiding and supporting me to finish my undergraduate thesis. I would also like to convey my gratitude to my co- advisor, Fransisca Kristanti, S.Pd., M.Hum., for the detail correction, so I could learn many things during the process of finishing this thesis. Thirdly, I would like to convey my gratitude to my Father, Mother, Granny, my elder brother, Engelbertus Vione, my younger brother, Euphrasius Verona, and also my beloved, Fransiskus Asisi Enggartiasto Satria Jati Nugroho, for their support and advice during my hard time in finishing this undergraduate thesis. Fourthly, I am also very thankful to Neira, Moore, Noni, my sisters and brother of Kampret Grup, my sisters of Cacing Naga OTW S.S., all of my brothers and sisters of English Letters Department 2014 batch, and my younger sisters, for their support upon me during the process of finishing my undergraduate thesis. And lastly, I would also convey my gratitude to my families and friends in heaven for the prayer that I believe they always give me and my families who still stay in this world. Yustina Rosa ix PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE PAGE ................................................................................................. ii APPROVAL PAGE ....................................................................................... iii ACCEPTANCE PAGE .................................................................................. iv STATEMENT OF ORIGINALITY ............................................................. v LEMBAR PERNYATAAN PERSETUJUAN PUBLIKASI KARYA ILMIAH ....................................................................... vi DEDICATION PAGE .................................................................................... vii MOTTO PAGE .............................................................................................. viii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ........................................................................... ix TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................... x LIST OF TABLES ......................................................................................... xiv ABSTRACT .................................................................................................... xv ABSTRAK ........................................................................................................ xvi CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION ................................................................. 1 A. Background of the Study ...................................................................... 1 B. Problem Formulation ........................................................................... 5 C. Objectives of the Study ........................................................................ 5 D. Definition of Terms .............................................................................. 5 CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF LITERATURE ............................................. 7 A. Review of Related Studies ................................................................... 7 B. Review of Related Theories ................................................................. 10 1. Stylistics ......................................................................................... 10 2. Semantics ....................................................................................... 14 3. Slang ............................................................................................... 15 4. The Forms of Slang ........................................................................ 16 a. Algeo‟s Forms of Slang ........................................................... 16 i. Compounding .................................................................. 17 ii. Affixation ........................................................................ 17 iii. Functional Shift ............................................................... 18 iv. Shortening ....................................................................... 18 v. Blending .......................................................................... 19 vi. Borrowing ....................................................................... 19 b. Coleman‟s Forms of Slang ....................................................... 19 i. Change in Meaning ......................................................... 20 ii. Change in Function ......................................................... 20 iii. Change in Form ............................................................... 20 x PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI iv. Abbreviation .................................................................... 21 v. Change in Spelling .......................................................... 21 vi. Folk Etymology ............................................................... 22 vii. Influence of Other Words................................................ 22 viii. Slang Loans ..................................................................... 22 ix. Slang from Sound ............................................................ 23 5. Morphological Processes ............................................................... 23 a. Compounding ........................................................................... 23 b. Affixation ................................................................................
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