The Analysis of Slang Used in Ariana Grande's Song Lyrics
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THE ANALYSIS OF SLANG USED IN ARIANA GRANDE’S SONG LYRICS A PAPER A WRITTEN BY MARDHA FAUZIAH REG. NO. 132202094 DIPLOMA-III ENGLISH STUDY PROGRAM FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN 2016 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA JUNE 2016 It has been approved by Supervisor, Drs. M. Syafi’i Siregar, M.A. NIP. 19570803198404 1 004 Submitted of Faculty Of Cultural Studies, University of North Sumatera In partial fulfillment of the requirements for Diploma-III in English Study Program Approved by Head of Diploma III English Study Program, Dr. Matius C.A. Sembiring, M.A. NIP. 19521126198112 1 001 Approved by the Diploma-III of English Study Program Faculty of Cultural Studies, University of North Sumatera As a Paper for the Diploma-III Examination UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA Accepted by the Board of Examiner in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Diploma-IIIExamination of the Diploma-III ofEnglish Study Program, Faculty of Cultural Studies, University of North Sumatera. The Examination is held on May 2016 Faculty of Cultural Studies, University of North Sumatera Dean, Dr. Budi Agustono, M.S. NIP. 19600805198703 1 001 Board of Examiners Signature 1. Dr. Matius C.A. Sembiring, M.A. (Head of ESP) 2. Drs. M. Syafi’i Siregar, M.A. (Supervisor) 3. Dr. Deliana, M.Hum. (Reader) UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA AUTHOR’S DECLARATION I, MARDHA FAUZIAH declare that I am the sole author of this paper. This paper except where the reference is made in the text of this paper. This paper contains no material published elsewhere or extracted in whole or in part from a paper by which I have qualified for or awarded degree. No other person’s work has been used without due acknowledgement in the main text of this paper. This paper has not been submitted for award of another degree in any tertiary education. Signed : Date : May, 2016 i UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA COPYRIGHT DECLARATION Name : MARDHA FAUZIAH Tittle of paper : The Analysis of Slang Used in Ariana Grande’s Song Lyrics Qualification : D-III / AhliMadya Study Program : English I am willing that my paper should be available for reproduction at the discretion of the liberatarian of the Diploma III English Department Faculty of Culture Studies USU on the understanding that users are made aware of their obligation under law of the Republic of Indonesia. Signed : Date : Thursday, May 12th, 2016 ii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ABSTRAK Slang adalah struktur bahasa yang berkembang di zaman modern yang digunakan khususnya oleh kawula muda. Slang berkembang selaras dengan berkembangnya budaya yang ada dilingkungan tersebut sehingga slang tidak mempunyai batas waktu, tempat ataupun latar belakang masalah. Slang juga dapat kita temukan dihampir semua bahasa yang ada didunia ini, dalam hal ini penulis membahas penggunaan kata-kata slang yang terdapat didalam bahasa Inggris. Didalam kertas karya saya yang berjudul “The Analysis of Slang Used in Ariana Grande’s Song lyrics”, penulis akan mengulas penggunaan kata-kata slang yang terdapat didalam lagu-lagu yang telah dipilih sebagai batasan masalah untuk dibahas didalam kertas karya ini. Metode yang digunakan oleh penulis adalah metode perpustakaan, dan juga dilakukan pencarian sumber pembahasan melalui internet untuk mendukung penulisan kertas karya ini. Semoga kertas karya ini dapat berguna untuk para pembaca dan dapat menjadi referensi untuk studi mengenai bahasa alang yang terdapat didalam bahasa Inggris. Kata kunci : Slang, Bahasa, dan Lagu. iii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ACKNOWLAGEMENTS Alhamdulillah, I would like to thank and praise to Allah SWT for blessing and give me opportunity, health, and ability to accomplish this paper. Afterwards, invocation and greetings I deliver to the last prophet Muhammad SAW who has brought us into time humanities. I would like to thank the head of Diploma III Engish Study Program, Dr. Matius C.A Sembiring M.A. who has shared time o guide me in the process of my study. Then i would like to express my special gratitude to my supervisor, Drs. M. Syafi’i Siregar, M.A. for his time, advice, and guidance to correct this paper during the process of writing. The most special thank is dedicated to my parents, my lovely father, Marno Feris, and my lovely mother, Yetmawati who have given me love, cares, advices, supports, motivations, financial, attentions and always pray for me in order to get my best, to my beloved sister, Mardha Nofika Putri, S.pd who also always give me advices and pray for me, and big thanks for my special partner Eko Hidayat, Amd who always beside me, given me love, supports, advices, and always be there when I need him. My dear friends who always beside me, Dwi Syafhitri Sofyani, Devi Marinda Siregar, Fitriani, Astri Diyan Pratiwi, Nanda Farahdiba, Miranda Sri Muliyani, Zakiah and Saragih. Also all of my great classmate in class B in English Diploma Study Program 2013 Faculty of Cultural Study, thanks for your good cooperation, time, and support. Finally, I do realize the paper is still far from being perfect. I welcome any constructive criticism and suggestion toward this pape Medan, May 2016 The writer Mardha Fauziah REG.NO.: 132202094 iv UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ABSTRACT Slang is the stucture language that evolved in modern times which is particularly used by young people. Slang develops in tune with the envolving of existing culture the environment so that the slang does not have time,place, or community background limit. Slang can also be found in almost every language in the world, in this case the writer discusses the use of slang words found in the English language. This paper entitled “The Analysis of Slang Used In Ariana Grande’s Song Lyrics”, the writer will review the use of slang words found in the songs that was chosen as the extent of the problem to be discussed in this paper. The methods used by the writer is library method and sourcing of the discussion over the internet to support the writing of this paper. Hopefully this paper can be useful for the readers, and can be a reference for the study of slang language found in the English language. Keywords : Slang, Language, and Song. v UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA TABLE OF CONTENTS AUTHOR’S DECLARATION ............................................................. i COPYRIGHT DECLARATION ......................................................... ii ABSTRAK ............................................................................................. iii ABSTRACT ........................................................................................... iv ACKNOWLEGDMENTS .................................................................... v TABLE OF CONTENTS ...................................................................... vi 1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................ 1 1.1 Background of the Study ................................................................ 1 1.2 Problem of the Study ...................................................................... 2 1.3 Purposee of the Study .................................................................... 2 1.4 Scope of the Study ......................................................................... 3 1.5 Method of the Study ....................................................................... 3 1.6 Reason for Chooding ..................................................................... 3 2. A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SLANG ...................................... 4 2.1 What is a Slang................................................................................ 4 2.2 Type of Slang .................................................................................. 5 3. ANALYZING DATA AND FINDINGS ...................................... 8 3.1 Analyze Data ................................................................................... 8 3.2 Findings ........................................................................................... 31 4. CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION ........................................ 32 4.1 CONCLUSION ............................................................................... 32 4.2 SUGGESTION ................................................................................ 32 REFERENCES ...................................................................................... 33 APPENDIX ............................................................................................ 34 vi UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Language is inseparable from human being. People can not live without language. Language is most important thing for people to cummunicate. Iswahyuni (1998:1) says that language is a medium to express the idea, opinion, and feeling in the science and education world. Suptiyanto (1991:1) says that language is arbitraty system of articulated sound made of by a group human as means of carrying on their society. Human is a social creature, which means that one people cannot stand alone without cooperating with other people. While cooperating here, one human must take contact with the others, so in contacting one another people use language. Human activities are coded in the language. Thus, language plays an important rule in human beings. Slang is informal language that usually used in everyday amongst members of teenagers. Slang is exposed into spoken language. Slang is created based on such form as metaphor, simile, folk, etymology, hyperbole, and borrowing from foreign language. Lerner (1950:5) says that slang usually has short life, because it is