SLANG WORDS IN MADISON BEER 'S SELECTED SONG LYRICS

Abstract

Slang is a type of language that is characterized by it’s informal, unconventional, and often creative use of words and expression. The aim of this study is to find out the types of slang words and types of meaning of slang words in Madison Beer’s selected song lyrics. There are two statement problem. (1) What types of slang words are found in Madison Beer’s selected song lyrics. (2) What are the meaning of slang words used in Madison Beer’s selected song lyrics. The writer used theories from Yule (2006:52-59) and Leech (1981:9). The writer used descriptive qualitative research. The data were found by analyze and identifying the songs. There are three types of slang in Madison Beer’s selected song lyrics namely: blending (15 data), clipping (10 data) and coinage (2 data). The writer also found six types of meaning in Madison Beer’s selected song lyrics, namely: conceptual meaning (7 data), connotative meaning (6 data), social meaning (2 data), affective meaning (2 data), reflected meaning (2 data) and collocative meaning (1 data).

Keywords : Slang, Types of Slang, Kinds of Meaning, Madison Beer