WIDI WAHYUDI, WIDI WAHYUDI and Nova, Rina and Havid, Ardi (2015) AN ANALYSIS OF SLANG IN HOW HIGH MOVIE. Diploma thesis, Universitas Bung Hatta.
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Abstract
Slang is a part of language that have an interesting way to express the feeling and uniqueness style that happen in the daily life. This thesis is discussing the form and meaning of slang in “How High” movie. This research focuses on the use of slang by the actors in the “How High” movie. The purpose of the research is to describe forms and meaning of slang in the movie. This research used substitution method where data were collected from the script of the movie. Slang commonly uses linguistics context which contains different meaning from the original words. The data are analyze with Patridge theory about the using of language style and how to analyze the meaning from the slang itself. The actors create the slang with their own lifestyle and uniqueness from something weird, rude, dirty and other possibility becoming another way to communicate. The slang is created with no rule of grammatical aspect. It created with creativity, social life, and life stlye of the community. Based on the analysis, it is found that there are two forms of slang; word and phrase. The meanings of slang are contextual meaning in other words the meaning of slang is based on the context. . Keyword : Slang, Context, word, phrase, meaning, Movie.
Item Type: | Thesis (Diploma) |
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Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PR English literature |
Divisions: | Fakultas Ilmu Budaya > Sastra Inggris |
Depositing User: | Erlya Wahyuni |
Date Deposited: | 24 Jan 2024 07:14 |
Last Modified: | 28 May 2024 01:42 |
URI: | http://repo.bunghatta.ac.id/id/eprint/18193 |
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