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

The Use of Slang Words in “The Black Panther” Movie

Dewa Ayu Febri Rantika (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

The title of this study is a slang word in the movie The Black Panther by Ryan Coogler. This study focuses on identifying the types of slang words and analyze the meaning of one's utterance by the characters in the movie. The data was taken from the movie entitled The Black Panther and were collected by using the observation method. The data were analyzed by using the qualitative method. The types of slang words were analyzed base on the theory proposed by Chapman (1988) who divided types of slang words into two types. The meaning of the slang word is analyzed based on the theory proposed by Leech (1981) who divided the meaning of slang word into 7 types. Based on the result of the analysis show that there are two types of slang words found in this study; primary slang and secondary slang. There are seven meanings of slang words found in this study; conceptual meaning, connotative meaning, affective meaning, social meaning, reflected meaning, collocative meaning and thematic meaning.

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Journal Info

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UJoSSH

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Subject

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

Description

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 ...