perpustakaan.uns.ac.id digilib.uns.ac.id AN ANALYSIS OF SLANG WORDS USED BY THE CHARACTERS IN “RAMONA AND BEEZUS” MOVIE (Sociolinguistics Approach) THESIS Submitted to Meet a Part of the Requirement for Sarjana Sastra Degree from English Department Faculty of Letters and Fine Arts Sebelas Maret University Written by: LASTIKA ARY PRIHANDOKO C1307046 ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FACULTY OF LETTERS AND FINE ARTS SEBELAS MARET UNIVERSITY SURAKARTA 2012 commiti to user perpustakaan.uns.ac.id digilib.uns.ac.id AN ANALYSIS OF SLANG WORDS USED BY THE CHARACTERS IN RAMONA AND BEEZUS MOVIE (Sociolinguistics Approach) by LASTIKA ARY PRIHANDOKO NIM C1307046 Approved To Be Examined Before the Board of Examiners of English Department Faculty of Letters and Fine Arts, Sebelas Maret University Thesis Supervisor Dr. Sri Marmanto, M. Hum. NIP. 195009011986011001 The Head of English Department Non-Regular Program Faculty of Letters and Fine Arts, Sebelas Maret University Drs. S Budi Waskito, M. Pd. NIP. 195211081983031001 commitii to user perpustakaan.uns.ac.id digilib.uns.ac.id AN ANALYSIS OF SLANG WORDS USED BY THE CHARACTERS IN RAMONA AND BEEZUS MOVIE (Sociolinguistics Approach) by LASTIKA ARY PRIHANDOKO NIM C1307046 Accepted and Approved by the Board of Examiners Faculty of Letters and Fine Arts, Sebelas Maret University Position Name Signature Chairman Drs. S Budi Waskito, M. Pd. ………….. NIP. 195211081983031001 Secretary Drs. Agus Hari Wibowo, MA, Ph. D ………….. NIP. 196708301993021001 First Examiner Dr. Sri Marmanto, M. Hum. ………….. NIP. 195009011986011001 Second Examiner Agus Dwi Priyanto, SS, M. CALL ………….. NIP. 197408182000121001 The Dean of Faculty of Letters and Fine Arts Sebelas Maret University Drs. Riyadi Santosa, M. Ed., Ph. D NIP. 196003281986011001 commitiii to user perpustakaan.uns.ac.id digilib.uns.ac.id PRONOUNCEMENT Name : Lastika Ary Prihandoko Student ID : C1307046 Pronounce truthfully that the thesis entitled “AN ANALYSIS OF SLANG WORDS USED BY THE CHARACTERS IN RAMONA AND BEEZUS MOVIE (Sociolinguistics Approach) is really my own work. It is not a plagiarism nor it is made by other people. The statement which is not my statement is signed by a quotation and it is showed in the bibliography. If this pronouncement is proven incorrect in the future, I am ready to accept academic sanction in the form of the cancellation of my thesis and degree. Surakarta, January 6th 2012 Lastika Ary Prihandoko commitiv to user perpustakaan.uns.ac.id digilib.uns.ac.id MOTTO If the going is real easy, beware, you may be headed down hill -Anonymous- You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day -Marian Wright Edelman- To do mistake is a gift from God, by mistake you can learn the correct one. commitv to user perpustakaan.uns.ac.id digilib.uns.ac.id DEDICATION This humble work is especially dedicated to: My beloved grandfather, Mbah Kung, who passed away in November 22th 2011 My beloved parents, Ibu’ and Bapak My dearly loved sister, brother and niece; Ages, Iwan and Kayla …without they all, I am just a bad boy who has no kindness and future… commitvi to user perpustakaan.uns.ac.id digilib.uns.ac.id ACKNOWLEDGMENT Alhamdulillahirobill’alamin, all praises to Allah SWT, the most Gracious and most Merciful, who has given me guidance and blessing in finishing this thesis, entitled “An Analysis of Slang Words Used by The Characters in Ramona and Beezus Movie (Sociolinguistics Approach)”. This thesis could not be completed without help and support from everyone during finishing this thesis. Therefore, by this great opportunity, I would like to express my gratitude to the following people: First of all, my gratitude to the Dean of the Faculty of the Letter and Fine Arts of Sebelas Maret University, Drs. Riyadi Santosa, M.Ed., Ph.D and the head of the English Department Non-Regular Program of Faculty of Letter and Fine Arts, Drs. Budi Waskito, M. Pd for facilitating me during my years in English Department. Then my great gratitude to my academic consultant as well as my thesis advisor Dr. Sri Marmanto, M. Hum for all his lessons, guidance, suggestions, and helps during my study and during conducting this research. My gratitude also goes for Agus Dwi Priyanto, SS, M. CALL for all his patience, lessons, and guidance during my study and during the revision time. Further, to the entire lecture in English Department, my deep gratitude for teaching and sharing many new lessons and knowledge with me. I am proud of being student of the English Department which has commitvii to user perpustakaan.uns.ac.id digilib.uns.ac.id many inspiring great lectures in this faculty who dedicated all their passion and effort to develop the knowledge in this faculty. My sincere thanks also for my beloved parents, to my mother, Ibu’, for her endless love, invaluable attention, support, and pray. My memory that I still remember when I was in kinder-garden, she taught me that to be a good person is harder than to guide me to be bad person. I can give nothing, only thanks for being my mother. To my father, Bapak, thanks for his patience, love, attention, and support during the years. For my younger sister and brother, Ages and Iwan, great thanks for their support. I am sorry for being rude brother in the past. I can give nothing. I can only pray for the best and I will always learn being good big brother. Likewise, my sincere gratitude also extends to my grandfather Mbah Kung who passed away in November 22th 2011. I am sorry for being naughty when I was a boy. He is person who always cares with me with his own way. He left sweetest memories in my live. Actually, I wish Mbah Kung could attend in my graduation day but I cannot make it happen. I hope he will be proud on me in there, my pray and my love. My thanks also go for my friend who persuades me to join on her main-stream, Arini, she digs up my real potency in linguistics field. For my best friend, Indra, thanks for always being a good friend for me. We have learned many things together; hardly will I forget our laziness, craziness, silliness, and our jokes. commitviii to user perpustakaan.uns.ac.id digilib.uns.ac.id My gratitude is addressed to my friends in English Department Non-Regular Program Class 2007. To Nia (my best friend since I was in senior high school), for Ratih, Tina, Hana, Stevia, Ayun, Mbak Kezia and Mbak Ira (thanks for our sharing of knowledge during our study), for Dika, Rama, Henokh, Reo, Topik, and Imadudin (thanks for our friendship during our study), and the rest of EDNR’07 thanks for the time we spent together in our study. Last but not least, my deep gratitude is also addressed to Nova Nurjayanti, the one who used to be my special best friend. She makes my live colorful, she shows me how to become good brother, and always supports me with her own way. Live is a harmony between joy and pain. Furthermore, I really realize that this thesis still needs the constructive critics and suggestions from the readers since this thesis is far from perfect. Hopefully this research can be useful for the readers, especially for the English Department students. th Surakarta, January 6 2012 Lastika Ary Prihandoko commitix to user perpustakaan.uns.ac.id digilib.uns.ac.id TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE………………………………………………………………………….. i APPROVAL OF THE THESIS CONSULTANT...…………………………… ii APPROVAL OF THE BOARD OF THE EXAMINER……………………… iii PRONOUNCEMENT…………………………………………………………. iv MOTTO………………………………………………………………………… v DEDICATION………………………………………………………………… vi ACKNOWLEDGMENT……………………………………………………… vii TABLE OF CONTENTS……………………………………………………… x LIST OF TABLES…………………………………………………………….. xiv ABSTRACT…………………………………………………………………… xv CHAPTER I : INTRODUCTION A. Research background…………………………………………………… 1 B. Problem statements……………………………………………………… 4 C. Research objectives……………………………………………………… 4 D. Scope of the research…………………………………………………….. 4 E. Research benefits………………………………………………………… 5 commitx to user perpustakaan.uns.ac.id digilib.uns.ac.id F. Research methodology………………………………………………… 5 G. Thesis organization……………………………………………………. 6 CHAPTER II : LITERATURE REVIEW A. Sociolinguistics………………………………………………………… 7 1. The definition of sociolinguistics…………………………………… 7 2. The scope and subdivision of sociolinguistics……………………… 8 B. Ethnography of Communication……………………………………….. 10 1. The Definition of Ethnography of Speaking………………………… 10 2. Speech Community………………………………………………….. 11 3. Speech Situations, Events and Acts………………………………… 12 C. The Social Dimension of Communication……………………………… 16 1. The Social Distance Scale………………………………………….. 16 2. A Social Scale Status……………………………………………….. 17 3. The Formality Scale………………………………………………… 18 4. A Function Scale……………………………………………………. 19 D. Language Variations……………………………………………………. 20 1. Idiolect……………………………………………………………… 20 2. Dialect……………………………………………………………… 20 3. Social dialect……………………………………………………….. 21 4. Temporal dialect…………………………………………………… 22 E. Language Choice………………………………………………………. 22 commitxi to user perpustakaan.uns.ac.id digilib.uns.ac.id F. Slang…………………………………………………………………… 23 1. The Definition of Slang…………………………………………… 23 2. The History and Development of Slang in America……………… 24 3. The types of slang………………………………………………….. 25 G. Film Theory…………………………………………………………… 27 H. Synopsis of the Film…………………………………………………… 28 I. The Related Studies…………………………………………………… 28 CHAPTER III : RESEARCH METHODOLOGY A. Research Type. ………………………………………………………… 30 B. Data and Source of Data……………………………………………….. 30 C. The Research Instruments……………………………………………… 31 D. Technique of Collecting Data………………………………………….. 32 E. Technique