ANALYSIS OF SLANG WORDS IN “THE HANGOVER” MOVIE AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE ENGLISH TEACHING

Yessy Arianti.2021. ANALYSIS OF SLANG WORDS IN “THE HANGOVER” MOVIE AND
ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE ENGLISH TEACHING.Final Project,
English Education Study Program, Faculty of Art and Language Education
(FPBS) the University Of PGRI Semarang. The first advisor: Dra. Siti
Lestari, M.Pd., and the second advisor: Laily N.A., S.Pd., M.Hum.
Keywords: Slang, Type, Language, The Hangover, Movie.
This study discusses the analysis of the types of slang and the meaning of slang. In addition,
this research also has a contribution to the teaching of English. The purpose of this study is to
find slang and its types in “The Hangover” movie. In this study, the author uses the theory of
Allan and Burridge to analyze slang. To analyze slang words, the researcher pays attention to
the conversations in the movie and subtitles and classifies each slang into the types according
to the theory used. In the results of this study, researchers found 45 slang words. There are 45
slang divided into five types. In the Fresh ad Creative type, there is 14 slang, 15 are in the
Flippant, 9 in Imitative, there is only 1 in Acronym, and 6 in the Clipping type. The study
results concluded that the slang used is more dominant to the Flippant type, with data on 15
slang in this type.