AN ANALYSIS ON THE USE OF REGISTER IN INDONESIAN ARMY A THESIS BY RAHMAT MEGA PUTRA NDURU REG. NO. 160705001 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH FACULTY OF CULTURAL SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN 2020 1 Universitas Sumatera Utara AN ANALYSIS ON THE USE OF REGISTER IN INDONESIAN ARMY A THESIS BY RAHMAT MEGA PUTRA NDURU REG.NO.160705001 SUPERVISOR CO-SUPERVISOR Dr. Eddy Setia, M.Ed., TESP. Dr. Nurlela, M.Hum. NIP. 195411171980031002 NIP. 197502092008121002 Submitted to Faculty of Cultural Sciences University of Sumatera Utara Medan in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Sarjana Sastra from Department of English. DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH FACULTY OF CULTURAL SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN 2020 2 Universitas Sumatera Utara Approved by the Department of English, Faculty of Cultural Sciences University of Sumatera Utara (USU) Medan as thesis for The Sarjana Sastra Examination. Head, Secretary, Prof. T. Silvana Sinar, M.A., Ph.D. Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A., Ph.D. NIP. 195409161980032002 NIP. 197502092008121002 3 Universitas Sumatera Utara Accepted by the Board of Examiners in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree of Sarjana Sastra from the Department of English, Faculty of Cultural Sciences University of Sumatera Utara, Medan. The examination is held in Department of English Faculty of Cultural Sciences University of Sumatera Utara on October 28, 2020 Dean of Faculty of Cultural Sciences University of Sumatera Utara Dr. Budi Agustono, MS NIP. 19600805 198703 1 001 Board of Examiners Prof. T. Silvana Sinar, M.A., Ph. D. Dr. Nurlela, M.Hum. Dr. Drs. Umar Mono, Dipl.Trans., M.Hum. 4 Universitas Sumatera Utara AUTHOR’S DECLARATION I, RAHMAT MEGA PUTRA NDURU DECLARE THAT I AM THE SOLE AUTHOR OF THIS THESIS EXCEPT WHERE REFERENCE IS MADE IN THE TEXT OF THIS THESIS. THIS THESIS CONTAINS NO MATERIAL PUBLISHED ELSEWHERE OR EXTRACTED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FROM A THESIS BY WHICH I HAVE QUALIFIED FOR AN AWARDED OR ANOTHER DEGREE. NO OTHER PERSON’S WORK HAS BEEN USED WITHOUT DUE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IN THE MAIN TEXT OF THIS THESIS. THIS THESIS HAS NOT BEEN SUBMITTED FOR THE AWARD OF ANOTHER DEGREE IN ANY TERITIARY EDUCATION. Signed : Date : November 20th, 2020 iv Universitas Sumatera Utara COPYRIGHT DECLARATION NAME : RAHMAT MEGA PUTRA NDURU TITLE OF THESIS : AN ANALYSIS ON THE USE OF REGISTER IN INDONESIAN ARMY QUALIFICATION : S1-1/SARJANA SASTRA DEPARTMENT : ENGLISH I AM WILLING THAT MY THESIS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR REPRODUCTION AT THE DISCRETION OF THE LIBRARIAN OF DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA ON THE UNDERSTANDING THAT USERS ARE MADE AWARE OF THEIR OBLIGATION UNDER THE LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA. Signed: Date : November 20th, 2020 v Universitas Sumatera Utara ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS My greatest gratitude is to God for His grace, love and blessings in every step of my life especially in this thesis writing. I may reach up this point because Lord has blessed and kept me in every page of my life. “The blessing of the Lord brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.” (Proverbs 10:22) In the process of completing this thesis, a lot of advices, suggestions, comments and supports have been contributed by many people. It is not possible to mention all of them, but some deserve to be written. My very special gratitude is for my beloved parents, Masaadil Nduru and Yuniar Waruwu and also my brothers and my sisters, Tuti Mega Sartika Nduru, Riki Mega Pratama Nduru, Sindi Mega Pertiwi Nduru, and Marvel Mega Azarya Nduru and not forget my beloved partner Suki Mariana Waruwu for their never ending prayer, support, care and love to encourage me to learn and work hard in order to finish my study in Faculty of Cultural Studies, University of North Sumatera. I love you all. I would like to thank my supervisor, Dr. Eddy Setia, M.Ed., TESP., for his kindness, patience and advices to help me to write and finish this thesis. Wishing you always stay healthy and happy. God bless you. vi Universitas Sumatera Utara I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my thesis co-supervisor, Dr. Nurlela M.Hum., for her great care, patience, advices and also his precious time in guiding me in the process of preparing this thesis until it is finished. May God give you long life in your right hand and in your left hand are riches and honor. God bless you My gratitude also goes to the Head of English Department, Prof. T. Silvana Sinar, M.A., Ph.D. and all of the lecturers and the staff of English Department for the knowledge, experiences, facilities and opportunities given during my study in this faculty. I would also like to give much appreciation to Mr. Sukirno (Bang Kibot) as the administrator of English Department who has helped me much. I dedicate my deepest gratitude to my family in Christ, Atriminithea Alvaro : Agnesia Putri Sihombing, S.S, Putri Pridani Malau, S.S, Theresia Fransiska Zai, S.S, Edi Renaldo Surbakti, S.S, and Theresia Ningsih Saragih, S.S,. Thanks for your pray, support and love. My greatest gratitude to all of English Literature students especially for the students of class A who always support me during the process of writing this thesis. Thank you for all the support you have shown me, especially during the college process. Finally, I would like to thank everybody who is important to the successful of this research. This research is far from perfect, but it is expected that will be useful for all the readers. Therefore, the constructive thought full suggestions and criticism are very welcome. Medan, November 20th 2020 Rahmat Mega Putra Nduru Reg. No. 160705001 vii Universitas Sumatera Utara ABSTRACT This thesis is entitled An Analysis On The Use Of Register In Indonesian Army. This research is included in qualitative descriptive research that‟s the research produces analytical procedures that do not use statistical analysis procedure. The source of data in this study is from the Indonesian Army in Medan, while the data in the forms, functions, and meanings are from Register of Indonesian Army. The data in this study was collected by interview and recording method. Register of Indonesian Army in the form of codes specially made to disguise it‟s true meanings and true functions with a purpose so that the enemy does not knew what the members are talking about. Based on the ananlysis of the research, it is found that there are 110 registers used by Indonesian Army which is based in Medan. Keywords : Register, Forms, Meanings, Functions, Indonesian Army viii Universitas Sumatera Utara ABSTRAK Penelitian ini berjudul An Analysis On The Use Of Register In Indonesian Army. Penelitian ini termasuk dalam penelitian deskriptif kualitatif yang memberikan prosedur-prosedur analitikal yang tidak menggunakan prosedur statistic. Sumber data dari penelitian ini adalah dari TNI-AD di Medan, dimana data dari bentuk-bentuk, makna-makna, dan tujuan-tujuannya adalah bersumber dari Register TNI-AD. Pengumpulan data dalam penelitian ini menggunakan wawancara dan metode pencatatan. Register dari TNI-AD bentuk didalamnya adalah kode-kode special yang dibuat untuk menyamarkan makna-makna aslinya dan fungsi-fungsi aslinya dengan tujuan agar musuh tidak tahu apa yang sedang dibicarakan oleh anggota. Berdasarkan dari hasil penelitian, maka didapati bahwa ada 110 Register yang digunakan oleh TNI-AD di Medan. Kata Kunci : Register, Bentuk, Makna, Fungsi, TNI-AD ix Universitas Sumatera Utara TABLE OF CONTENTS AUTHOR’S DECLARATION……………………………………………………iv COPYRIGHT DECLARATION…………………………………………………....v ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS........................................................................................vi ABSTRACT...............................................................................................................viii ABSTRAK…………………………………………………………………………...ix TABLE OF CONTENT……………………………………………………………..x CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study……………………...…………………..1 1.2 Problems of the Study……………………………………………..4 1.3 Objectives of the Study……………………………………………4 1.4 Scope of the Study………………………………………………...5 1.5 Significances of the Study…………………………..…………….5 CHAPTER 2: REVIEW OF LITERATURE 2.1 The field of Sociolinguistic………………………………….........7 2.2 Language…………………………………………………………..8 2.3 Language Variation……………………………………………….9 2.4 Register…………………………………………………………..11 2.5 Related Previous Study…………………………………………..12 x Universitas Sumatera Utara CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHOD OF STUDY 3.1 Research Method………………………………………………22 3.2 Data and Data Source………………………………………….23 3.3 Data Collecting Method………………………………………..24 3.4 Data Analysis Method…………………………………………26 CHAPTER IV: ANALYSIS OF FINDING 4.1 Analysis………………………………………………………..27 4.1.1 The Register Forms of Indonesian Army……………………27 4.1.2 The Register Meanings of Indonesian Army………………..33 4.1.3 The Register Functions of Indonesian Army………………..41 4.2 Findings………………………………………………………..42 CHAPTER V: CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS 5.1 Conclusions………………………………………………….....43 5.2 Suggestions…………………………………………………….44 REFERENCES..........................................................................................................45 APPENDICES xi Universitas Sumatera Utara CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Language is an elaborate and unique thing that is used by its users through voice. People at least speak one language to convey and express their ideas, desire and feelings through communication process with others. As Chaer and Leony states that by language one can talk with others, express his desire, his feelings, and his ideas (Chaer and Leony, 1995: