Slang Expression in Little Man Movie  Based on Social Dimension

Adi, Wiruma Titian; Azmi, Alfian

doi:10.30957/lingua.v15i2.480

Cited by 4 publications

(3 citation statements)

References 4 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Since slang is categorized as an informal language used among society, it indicates that social factors that emerge can cause the people language variation in their communication. Adi and Azmi (2018) explained that social factors that influence society or group communication are social dimensions. It is an indicator that initially reflects the purpose, manner, topic, and mood of language.…”

Section: The Social Function Of Slang Wordsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring the word formation process on Rich Brian�s official music video comments

Mutiah

Hidayat

Alek

2021

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This study attempted to explore the process of word formation and its social function of slang words on Rich Brian's official music video, precisely in the comment section of the newest song of him, D.O.A that released on 25 August 2020. This study employed discourse and sociolinguistics aspects; hence, this study's research design was a descriptive qualitative. Additionally, this study's object was a one-month comment section of Rich Brian's newest song official music video. Furthermore, there were two sources of data, primary and secondary data sources. The primary data were a comment section of Rich Brian's newest official song music video, while the secondary source was from available works of literature and urban dictionary. Therefore, to collect the data, this study did the documentation from the D.O.A. official music video from one-month duration comments. As the data obtained, there were 49 slang words found. Then, they were analyzed through Yule (2010)�s theory as the basis of word formation process standard, while Zhou & Fan (2013)�s theory was used as the basis of word formation function standard. Data analysis is divided into several steps: reading, collecting, classifying, and analyzing the data. The result showed that derivation was the highest frequency of the word-formation process. It was 22%, the acronym was 18%, coinage was 16%, the conversion was 14%, blending was 12%, compounding was 8%, clipping was 6%, borrowing and multiple processes were 2% of each. Besides, the highest social function was to express emotive feeling with 49 % quantity of the frequency. The second higher was to pursue self-identity, achieving politeness was 8%. This study suggested a more in-depth analysis of non-standard languages, such as swear words or taboo words and emoticon that can be done through a social semiotic approach.

show abstract

Section: The Social Function Of Slang Wordsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring the word formation process on Rich Brian�s official music video comments

Mutiah

Hidayat

Alek

2021

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…"Slang is the informal linguistic vocabulary used especially by specific groups of individuals in very informal contexts. Slang belongs to the sociolinguistics subfield known as social dialect or sociolect" (Adi et al, 2018). Slang is typically used by certain groups of people in very casual situations.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Slangs Used in The Movie “Lady Bird”

Oktaviani,

Agung

2023

Wanastra

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This study aims to determine the types and meaning of slang words found in Lady Bird movie. In this study, the researchers analyzed the types of slang words based on the theory from Allan and Burridge (2006). There are five types of slang words classified by Allan and Burridge: fresh and creative, flippant, imitative, acronym, and clipping. The meaning of slang words was taken based on several online dictionaries. The research method used in this study is qualitative method. The data collection used observation method by downloading the movie script, watching the movie, and then taking note of the slang words found. The data source of this study was taken from the movie script of Lady Bird, directed by Greta Gerwig. Based on the result, there were 34 slang words found, 21 slangs were categorized as fresh and creative, 9 slang words were categorized as flippant, 3 slang words were categorized as imitative, and 1 slang word was categorized as clipping.

show abstract

“…Slang language use has been widely investigated. Adi and Azmi (2018) stressed the origin of slang due to social factors. They discovered that 18 slang terms used in the Little Man movie are mostly express social distance function.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Gentleman’s Restricted Codes and Elaborated Codes in the “Kingsman: the Golden Circle” Movie

Toar

Ena

2022

Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris UPB

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The present study aims to analyse the content of the Kingsman: The Golden Circle movie (2017). The use of restricted codes and elaborated code by the main character Gary ‘Eggsy’ Unwin in the movie and how they convey the concept of English gentleman was investigated by applying the descriptive qualitative method. The movie script and the scenes in the movie were the data that were being analysed. Data were collected through observation using a non-participatory technique. The data were analysed using the Barthesian semiotic analysis method. It was found that there were seven types of restricted codes namely secrecy, intimacy, novelty, jocularity, sympathy, expressiveness, and nominative. While the use of elaborated code was found in the forms of verbal and non-verbal communications. The findings in this research showed that the main character employed the restricted codes and the elaborated codes to express proximity and to convey the idea of the new English gentleman of the 21st century.

show abstract

Slang Expression in Little Man Movie Based on Social Dimension

Cited by 4 publications

References 4 publications

Exploring the word formation process on Rich Brian�s official music video comments

Exploring the word formation process on Rich Brian�s official music video comments

Slangs Used in The Movie “Lady Bird”

Gentleman’s Restricted Codes and Elaborated Codes in the “Kingsman: the Golden Circle” Movie

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About