AN ANALYSIS OF WORD FORMS AND MEANINGS OF SLANG LANGUAGE IN EMINEM’S SONG LYRICS
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Universitas Bung Hatta
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Defi, Nofrizal
Diana, Chitra Hasan
Temmy, Thamrin
Diana, Chitra Hasan
Temmy, Thamrin
Subject
PR English literature
Datestamp
2023-08-02 02:02:50
Abstract :
This research aims to analyze slang language used in Eminem?s song lyrics. The main focuses of the analysis are to find out the word forms of slang and meanings. The writer uses theory of word forms by Yule (2006) and the theory of meaning by Leech (1981). The research used descriptive and qualitative method. The data are taken from Eminem?s five new songs in the last album Shady XV. The songs are Shady XV, Slaughterhouse ? Psychopath Killer, Bad Meets Evil, Bane, and Down. The finding of the research shows that the word forms subordinators in the songs are classified into six types. They are blending (dammit, na-ah, squee), borrowing (nigga, kemosabe), compounding (goon talk, little chick, chinky eyed, gold digger), clipping (grindin?, blankin?), back-formation (knockers, bandwagoners, motherfucker, iller, realer, booger, bonkers) and acronym (IGGY, BAE, SWAG, USE, HUMVEE). The word form is often used is back-formation. However, for the meaning of the word, the writer found five types of meaning. They are conceptual meaning, connotative meaning, affective meaning, reflected meaning, and social meaning. The meaning that often occurs is affective meaning. Key words: slang language, Eminem?s song lyrics, word forms and seven types of meaning
This research aims to analyze slang language used in Eminem?s song lyrics. The main focuses of the analysis are to find out the word forms of slang and meanings. The writer uses theory of word forms by Yule (2006) and the theory of meaning by Leech (1981). The research used descriptive and qualitative method. The data are taken from Eminem?s five new songs in the last album Shady XV. The songs are Shady XV, Slaughterhouse ? Psychopath Killer, Bad Meets Evil, Bane, and Down. The finding of the research shows that the word forms subordinators in the songs are classified into six types. They are blending (dammit, na-ah, squee), borrowing (nigga, kemosabe), compounding (goon talk, little chick, chinky eyed, gold digger), clipping (grindin?, blankin?), back-formation (knockers, bandwagoners, motherfucker, iller, realer, booger, bonkers) and acronym (IGGY, BAE, SWAG, USE, HUMVEE). The word form is often used is back-formation. However, for the meaning of the word, the writer found five types of meaning. They are conceptual meaning, connotative meaning, affective meaning, reflected meaning, and social meaning. The meaning that often occurs is affective meaning. Key words: slang language, Eminem?s song lyrics, word forms and seven types of meaning
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