THE STUDY OF SLANGS FOUND IN THE LYRICS OF JAY Z’S SONGS

Pebriani, Elin Prima (2014) THE STUDY OF SLANGS FOUND IN THE LYRICS OF JAY Z’S SONGS. Other thesis, Politeknik Negeri Sriwijaya.

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Abstract

Teenagers develop a new language which is ungrammatical and easier to communicate. The new language is known as slang which is included in Non-standard English. Slang is usually used in social media, song lyrics, teen magazine, and many others. This study concerns with the study of slang found in song lyrics, especially the lyric of Jay-z’s songs. This study proposes problems of classifications of slangs and the dominant slang and its classification found in Jay Z’s songs in his album Magna Carta Holy Grail. This study uses qualitative research. It is to describe the meaning of slang language in Jay Z’s song lyrics of slang language in them. There are 17 songs lyrics are analyzed. To analyze the data, there are some steps done in this study; (1) Reading the song lyrics; (2) Identifying the slang words used in the song lyrics; (3) Finding the meaning of slang words based on dictionary of Patridge The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English; (4) Classifying the slang words in the lyrics based on Patridge’s classification of slangs; (5) Interpreting the data; and (6) Calculating the percentage of the dominant classification of slang based on formula of Bungin. The result of this study shows that slang words are found in every lyric of Jay Z’s songs. They are categorized into 5 classifications such as Cockney Slang, Society Slang, Public School and Universities, Art, and Slang in Church. The dominant classification is Society Slang which is 63% and the least one is Slang in Church which is only 1%. The dominant slang words found is Nigga which is classified as Society Slang. Keywords: Slang, Jay Z, Non-standard English

Item Type: Thesis (Other)
Uncontrolled Keywords: Slang, Jay Z, Non-standard English
Subjects: P Language and Literature > PE English
Divisions: English > Undergraduate Theses
Depositing User: Mrs Trisni Handayani
Date Deposited: 26 Nov 2015 02:29
Last Modified: 26 Nov 2015 02:29
URI: http://eprints.polsri.ac.id/id/eprint/1482

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