English Language and Literature
Vol 7, No 1 (2018)

AN ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH SLANG WORDS USED IN EMINEM’S RAP MUSIC

Rani Evadewi (English Department, FBS, Universitas Negeri Padang)
Jufrizal Jufrizal (English Department, FBS, Universitas Negeri Padang)

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Publish Date
28 Feb 2018

Abstract

 Slang is the informal language which is used in a particular group of people especially used by teenagers in their activities to communicate each other. This research paper aimed to identify the characteristics of slang and the dominance slang used in Eminem songs. This research paper used Abadi’s (2009, p.17) theory about the characteristics of slang. This study used qualitative approach with descriptive method. The writer found that the total data of slangs in Eminem songs were 47 slangs. There were 13 data of creativity,27 data of flippant, 5 data of fresh, and 2 data of onomatopoeic. The most dominance slang used in Eminem songs is Flippant.

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English Language and Literature
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ell

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Universitas Negeri Padang

Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

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ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE: E- JOURNAL English Language and Literature Study Program of FBS UNP. Volume 1, Number 1, September 2012, ISSN 2302-3546. English Language and Literature Study Program journal is published three times a year (March, June, and September). It consits of scientific ...