THE SLANG WORDS IN JAY-Z’S SONG LYRICS
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The study deals with the Slang wordsbased on David Burke theory. Burke
dividedslang wordsinto four type. There were various slang, abbreviate words,
slang that is used in American television program, and the particular phrase and
idoms. The objectives of this research were to find out the types of slang words
that is used in Jay-Z’s song lyrics and to describe the dominant one type of slang
words. This research was conducted by using descriptive qualitative method The
sources of the data were taken fom Jay-Z’s album Unfinished Business. and the
data were 7 lyrics of Jay-Z’s song lyrics. After analyzing, it was found that there
were 107 slang words in Jay-Z’s song lyrics. The findings of this research were
found that various slang 4 (3.74%), abbreviate words 73 (68.22%), slang that is
used in American television program 27 (25.23%) and the particular phrase and
idiom 3 (2.81%). Abbreviate words73 (68.22%) become the dominant type of
slang words in Jay-z’s song lyrics.
dividedslang wordsinto four type. There were various slang, abbreviate words,
slang that is used in American television program, and the particular phrase and
idoms. The objectives of this research were to find out the types of slang words
that is used in Jay-Z’s song lyrics and to describe the dominant one type of slang
words. This research was conducted by using descriptive qualitative method The
sources of the data were taken fom Jay-Z’s album Unfinished Business. and the
data were 7 lyrics of Jay-Z’s song lyrics. After analyzing, it was found that there
were 107 slang words in Jay-Z’s song lyrics. The findings of this research were
found that various slang 4 (3.74%), abbreviate words 73 (68.22%), slang that is
used in American television program 27 (25.23%) and the particular phrase and
idiom 3 (2.81%). Abbreviate words73 (68.22%) become the dominant type of
slang words in Jay-z’s song lyrics.
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