AN ANALYSIS OF SLANG WORDS IN THE WEEKND’S SONG LYRICS

Putri, Silvina Berliana. 2023. An Analysis of Slang Words in The Weeknd’s Song
Lyrics. Final Project, English Study Program. Faculty of Language and Arts
Education, University of PGRI Semarang. Advisor I: Dr. Rahmawati S, S.Pd.,
M.Pd., Advisor II: Sri Wahyuni, S.Pd, M.Pd.
Keywords: slang words, sociolinguistic, song lyrics
The aims of the study are focused on analyzing the types and the meaning of slang
in The Weeknd’s song lyrics proposed by the theory of Allan and Burridge (2006),
and to explain the contribution of the analysis of slang words in The Weeknd’s song
lyrics in teaching sociolinguistic.
This study used a descriptive qualitative method. The data from this study were
taken from the “Starboy” album by The Weeknd. The data were analyzed by
identifying the slang words in the song lyrics into five types, and classifying the
word in each type of slang. The writer classified words into slang words by reading
all the lyrics in detail and analyzing the word by trying to find the correct word or
the real meaning, then the writer can decide the word was called as a slang word.
In theory, Allan and Burridge divide slang words into five types, namely clipping,
imitative, flippant, fresh and creative, and acronym. The writer found that 180
(37.7%) data types of clipping, 166 (34.7%) data types of imitative, 81 (16.9%) data
types of flippant, 45 (9.4%) data types of fresh and creative, and 6 ( 1.3%) data
types of acronym, and the most dominant type ofslang is clipping. The writer
suggest tofuture researchers to look for the contribution of slang learning in other
aspects, for example in the linguistic course and in a wider scope.