SLANGS USED IN MOVIE “THE HANGOVER”

NI WAYAN RATNA DEWI

120 130 5079

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF ARTS

UDAYANA UNIVERSITY

2016

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SLANGS USED IN MOVIE “THE HANGOVER”

NI WAYAN RATNA DEWI

120 130 5079

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF ARTS

UDAYANA UNIVERSITY

2016

This paper submitted as partial fulfillment

To obtain Sarjana Sastra degree at the English Department,

Faculty of Arts, Udayana University, Denpasar

Approved by the Examination Board of

English Department,

Faculty of Arts, Udayana University

Denpasar, March 2016

Chairman Secretary

Dr. I Made Rajeg, M.Hum Sang Ayu Isnu Maharani, S.S, M.Hum

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

First of all, I would like to express my gratitude to The God because of His

blessing; I can finish this study on time. I also would like to express my deepest

gratitude to Dr. I Made Rajeg, M.Hum and Sang Ayu Isnu Maharani, S.S.,

M.Hum, as the first and the second supervisor for their support, patient, and

advice throughout the process of completing this study. Then, I would like to

thank to I Gusti Ngurah Parthama, S.S., M.Hum as The Head of English

Department, I Komang Sumaryana Putra, S.S., M.Hum as my academic

supervisor and for all of the lectures that I cannot mention one by one, for all of

the knowledge given to me.

Finally, I would like to thank my beloved family, especially my mom, my

dad, and my brothers for their support, praying, and for all of the love given to

me. Thank to my beloved boyfriend Suardana and my best friends Tanti, Endah,

and Fitri who never stop to support me and always beside me whenever I need.

My appreciation also goes to all of my friends in eighth semester of English

Department, thanks for the experiences, togetherness, and the lovely moments in

almost 4 years. Hopefully, this paper can give contribution to the English

Department and for those who need the information about slang language. Any

suggestion and comment will be highly appreciated.

Denpasar, March 2016

Ni Wayan Ratna Dewi

ABSTRACT

The title of this study is Slangs Used in Movie “The Hangover”. The

aims of this study are to identify the types of slang, to classify the word

formations in creating slangs, and to describe the literal and figurative meanings

of slang words are spoken by the characters in the movie “The Hangover”.

The data of this study were collected from the movie entitled “The

Hangover” co-produced and directed by Todd Phillips. Documentation method

was used to collect the data and qualitative method was used to describe the slang

types, the word formations in creating slangs, and the literal and figurative

meanings of slangs that used by the characters in “The Hangover” movie. The

writer used the theory of the types of slang by Allan and Burridge in order to

identify the types of slang. In addition, the theory of word formations by Yule was

used to classify the word formations in creating slangs in this movie. Then,

Hayes’s approach that discussed about literal and figurative meaning was applied

in this study to describe the literal and figurative meanings of slang words that

found in “The Hangover” movie.

There are five types of slangs which are found in this study such as eight

slang words in fresh and creative type, seven in flippant type, sixteen slang words

in imitative type, one slang word in acronym type, and six slang words in clipping

type are spoken by the entire characters in this movie. Then, there are ten word

formations that proposed by Yule but there are only five word formations are

found by the writer in this movie; eleven in compounding, three in blending, six in

clipping, one in acronym, and one in multiple processes and dominated by

compounding. There are no coinage, borrowing, back formation,conversion, and

derivation which are found in this movie. Next, this study found that the meanings

of each slang word in this movie is not only based on dictionaries but also based

on the context of situation and the participants when the slang is used. Besides,

slang words that found are mostly used in informal situation by people who know

each other well. Then, every slang word has different meaning either literally or

figuratively.

Keywords: slang types, word formations, literal meanings, figurative meanings,

movie

ABBREVIATIONS

N : Noun

V : Verb

Adj : Adjective

Adv : Adverb

Etc : Etcetera

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................................................................................... i

ABSTRACT ........................................................................................................... ii

ABBREVIATIONS .............................................................................................. iii

TABLE OF CONTENTS ..................................................................................... iv

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION .......................................................................... 1

1.1 Background of Study ........................................................................................ 1

1.2 Problems of the Study ....................................................................................... 3

1.3 Aims of Study ................................................................................................... 3

1.4 Scope of Discussion .......................................................................................... 4

1.5 Research Method ............................................................................................... 4

1.5.1 Data Source ............................................................................................. 4

1.5.2 Method and Technique of Collecting Data ............................................. 5

1.5.3 Method and Technique of Analyzing Data ............................................. 5

CHAPTER II REVIEW OF LITERATURE, CONCEPT, AND

THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK ...................................................................... 7

2.1 Literature Review .............................................................................................. 7

2.2 Concepts .......................................................................................................... 11

2.2.1 Concept of Movie ................................................................................. 12

2.2.2 Concept of Slang .................................................................................. 12

2.2.3 Concept of Word Formation ................................................................. 14

2.2.4 Concept of Meaning.............................................................................. 15

2.3 Theoretical Framework ................................................................................... 16

2.3.1 Types of Slang ...................................................................................... 16

2.3.2 The Word Formations of Slang ............................................................ 18

2.3.3 Literal and Figurative Meanings of Slang ............................................ 21

CHAPTER III SLANGS USED IN MOVIE “THE HANGOVER” .............. 24

3.1 Data Presentation ............................................................................................ 24

3.1.1 The Dialogue of “The Hangover” Movie ............................................. 24

3.2 Data Analysis .................................................................................................. 29

3.2.1 The Types of Slang ............................................................................... 29

3.2.2 The Word Formations of Slangs ........................................................... 33

3.2.3 Literal and Figurative Meanings ........................................................... 37

CHAPTER IV CONCLUSION .......................................................................... 57

BIBLIOGRAPHY

APPENDICES