An Analysis Of Slang Used In Rihanna's Instagram Account @BADGALRIRI

Anisa Maharani, Anisa and Temmy, Thamrin (2023) An Analysis Of Slang Used In Rihanna's Instagram Account @BADGALRIRI. Diploma thesis, Universitas Bung Hatta.

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Abstract

Slang is part of the language for communicating in non-formal situations. Slang is a kind of casual language that occurs as a result of the rapid growth of new words that is used as creative expression from people in order to make the words more efficient and simpler to be uttered (Fromkin and Rodman 2003:264). This study focused on identifying the slang used in Rihanna's @badgalriri Instagram account in terms of the types of slang and the meaning of the slang used. The method of this research is qualitative methods. From the data analysis, the result shows that there are four types of slang used and found in Rihanna's Instagram account @badgalriri Abbreviation 12 data, Shortened form13 data, funny mispronunciation 12 data, and interjection13 data. And the meaning of slang in this study is the denotative meaning of a word is the actual meaning found in 40 data, and connotative meaning Associations and emotional cues associated with a word are referred to as connotative meaning found in 10 data. It can be a connotative meaning depending on the context. Keyword: slang, types of slang, meaning

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