The Analysis of Slang in Fast And Furious 4 Movie

Authors

  • IB Maha Adi Prastiawan Prastiawan Mahasaraswati Denpasar University
  • Komang Dian Puspita Candra Mahasaraswati Denpasar University
  • I Dewa Ayu Devi Maharani Santika Mahasaraswati Denpasar University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22334/traverse.v4i2.96

Keywords:

slang, types, function, slang language

Abstract

This study entitled The Analysis of Slang in Fast and Furious 4 Movie. The aims of this study to find out the function of slang word that used in Fast and Furious 4 Movie. The analysis concerns with the slang word that occur in the movie. This study used qualitative method and the data collection was based on observation method by downloading the movie and movie script, watching the movie, looking through the scene and taking note. The theory that used in this analysis is theory by Leech (1981) and Chapman (2007) to find out type of slang word that occurs in Fast and Furious 4 Movie. The study concludes that the primary slang word is mostly than secondary slang word on Fast and Furious 4 Movie based on the film. This study reveals that there are 25 slangs which is found in Fast and Furious 4 Movie. From the data, there are 22 primary slangs and 3 secondary slangs found. The meaning of slang mostly related to informational function which is focused on the speaker tends to inform something to the other characters in movie, which from the analysis can be concluded the meaning of slang are various.

Author Biographies

IB Maha Adi Prastiawan Prastiawan, Mahasaraswati Denpasar University

Faculty of Foreign Languages

Komang Dian Puspita Candra, Mahasaraswati Denpasar University

Faculty of Foreign Languages

I Dewa Ayu Devi Maharani Santika, Mahasaraswati Denpasar University

Faculty of Foreign Languages

References

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Panjaitan, Alawiyah Tuti. 2017. An Analysis of Slang Language in Zootopia movie.

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Patridge, Eric. 1945. Slang Today and Yesterday. London: Utledge Kegan Paul LTD.

Leech, G. 1981. Semantic 2nd Edition. Great Britain: The Chauser Press.

Published

2023-07-30

How to Cite

Prastiawan, I. M. A. P., Candra, K. D. P., & Santika, I. D. A. D. M. (2023). The Analysis of Slang in Fast And Furious 4 Movie. Journal of Language and Applied Linguistics, 4(2), 83-91. https://doi.org/10.22334/traverse.v4i2.96

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