This study investigates the types and functions of slang words used by the sportscasters in Europe. Drawing data from Official YouTube Channels, a descriptive-qualitative analysis was conducted following Allan and Burridge's (2006) theoretical framework on slang types and functions. There were 4 main types of slang words fresh and creative, flippant, imitative, and clipping were identified …
This study focus on types of figurative language and connotative meaning that appeared in songs lyrics by Stars and Rabbit. This study uses the descriptive qualitative method and analysis theory of Greg Johnson and Thomas R.Arp (2018) and Leech (1981). The data was taken from songs lyrics by Stars and Rabbit based on the loved theme those are Man upon the hill, The house, Partikle, Solace, Cry…
Figurative language is figurative expression refers to language that conveys more than one meaning. This study discussed the figurative language in poetry anthology “useless magic” by Florence Welch. In poetry theory, imagery is one of the important tools to achieve the purpose of poetry, such as conveying meaning, describing the beauty of nature, presenting human experience, or expres…
This study aims to classify the types of slang that used by Twitter users on artist's tweets, and to find out the functions of slang that used by Twitter users on artists tweets. This study used Allan and Burridge's theory to classify types of slang and to find out their functions, which there are 5 types of slang such as fresh and creative types, flippant types, imitative types, acronym types,…
This study aims to classify the types of slang that used by adult's tweets or in social media Twitter, and to find out the functions of slang that used by adult's tweets in social media Twitter. This study used Allan and Burridge's theory to classify types and to find out this functions, which there 5 types of slang such fresh and creative types, flippant types, imitative types, crony types, an…
This study's main objective is to discuss beauty advertisements signs. This study aims to determine the types of signs in advertisements and the meaning conveyed by signs in Wardah and Makeover beauty advertisements. In analyzing the data, this study used a descriptive gualitative method. The researcher used two advertisements from Wardah and two advertisements from Makeover based on the year t…
The purpose of the study was to find out the types of student anxiety and identify the factors that cause speaking anxiety experienced by students.The researcher used a combined method to find and explain data about student anxiety. This study involved 30 student's in the 6th semester of English Language and Literature Department at Alauddin State Islamic University of Makassar. In collecting d…
The purpose of this study was to identify the categories of swear words and the ways in which the main characters in 22 Jump Street movie employed them. This study looked at the word choice, phrase structure, and sentence construction of the main characters in 22 Jump Street movie. In order to obtain reliable data for this study, the researcher used note-taking as a research tool. The movie dem…
Language is the most important thing in human life. By using language, the speaker is expected to convey the information clearly. However, in the process of thinking when delivering ideas, sometimes people made hesitation pause. This hesitation pause is used when people need time to think of the appropriate word to say next that suddenly made the speaker make fillers or even corrected thems…
This research discussed the use of code-switching by a lecturer in a speaking skill class at English and Literature Department of UIN Alauddin Makassar. The purpose of this research was to identify types of code-switchingِusingِHoffman’sِ Theory and functions of code-switchingِusingِAppleِandِMuysken’sِtheoryِusedِ by a lecturer in a speaking skill class. This research used qu…