Udayana Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (UJoSSH)
Vol 7 No 1 (2023): UJoSSH, February 2023

The Use of Slang Words of Bruno Mars Songs

Oviana D.Y Libing (Udayana University, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia)
I Nengah Sudipa (Udayana University, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia)
I Nyoman Aryawibawa (Udayana University, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
25 Feb 2023

Abstract

This study aims to identify the types of slang words and the meaning of slang words implied in Bruno Mars songs. The researcher divides the data into two parts which are primary data and secondary data. Primary data was taken from the internet in the form of Bruno Mars songs’ lyrics. The previous study and journal were taken as the secondary data to support this research. The methods used in this study is the qualitative descriptive and documentation technique. The main theory that the researcher used is the theory of slang proposed by Eric Partridge (1954). The result of this study shows that there are two types of slang words that contained in Bruno Mars songs lyric. Furthermore the meaning of slang words that implied in Bruno Mars songs lyric is refers to him as a singer.

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UJoSSH

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Humanities Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Law, Crime, Criminology & Criminal Justice Social Sciences

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Udayana Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (UJoSSH) is an international and an open access journal which is published by Research and Community Services Institutes of Udayana University. UJoSSH focuses on the development of the humanities studies and social sciences. The aim of our journal is ...