THE MEANING OF SLANG LANGUAGE IN 22 JUMP STREET MOVIE

Abstract

This research focused on the meaning of slang language used by the characters in 22
Jump Street Movie. The research was conducted by using qualitative method. The
data were collected from the movie script. The objective of the study was to find out
the meaning of the slang language used by the characters in 22 Jump Street Movie
and also the reason why the characters used the slang language. The data were taken
from the movie script which was downloaded from the internet. The data were
analyzed by using Eric Partridge’s theory about slang. The result showed that the
meaning used by the characters were contextual meaning, depending on the situation
or given context of the scene. The result show that only several slang language that
have literal meaning. The reason of using slang language in this research was to
reduce seriousness of the conversation since the movie was a comedy-action genre in
which the comedy and action must be appeared at the same time.