Sita Zakiyatu Musofa, 2201415017 (2020) AN ANALYSIS OF SLANG TERMS IN JUMANJI: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE MOVIE. Under Graduates thesis, UNNES.

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This research is conducted to discuss the meanings, types, and reasons for using slang used in Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle movie directed by Jake Kasdan. The main objective of the study is to know the types of slang and the reasons for using slang in this movie. This study is a text analysis research. The researcher used the theory from Allan and Burridge (2006) about slang types and the theory from Hymes (1989) about ethnography of speaking was used as a guideline to investigate the slang reasons. Concerning types of slang, the researcher finds there are 5 types of slang employed by the characters in Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle movie. The types of slang are fresh and creative, flippant, imitative, acronym, and clipping. The percentages of each type, it can be said that fresh and creative type is dominated by the use of slang types by the characters in Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle movie the total 54 words or about 72.00 %. In the second position, imitative type with a total of 7 words or about 9.33 %. Then, the flippant type takes the third position with a total of 5 words or about 6.67 %. After that, the clipping type takes the fourth position with a total of 6 words or about 8.00 %. Meanwhile, acronym type is the slang type which has the lowest percentage on its use in Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle movie with a total of 3 words or about 4.00 %. Meanwhile, the next finding is the reasons for using slang. There are 7 different reasons for using slang found in the movie. They are to address, to form an intimate atmosphere, to initiate relax conversation, to show impression, to show intimacy, to reveal anger, and to humiliate.

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