SLANGS IN BEYONCE KNOWLES’ SONGS

Abstract

This study is based on sociolinguistics problems. It deals with the use of slang.
The writer focuses on Beyonce Knowles’s songs lyrics as the scope of data. The
objectives of the study were to find out the types of slang are used in Beyonce
Knowles’ songs and to reason for the use of the types of slang in Beyonce
Knowles’ songs. The data that support this study by using descriptive qualitative
data by reading some references related to the subject matters. The findings
showed Abbreviation and Baby’s Expression slang were found in each lyrics of
Beyonce Knowles songs. There weren’t found Grammatical slang in two songs
lyrics among ten songs, nor the Words Repetition, there weren’t found in four
songs lyrics. The writer concluded that Abbreviation is the most dominant type of
slang found in Beyonce Knowles’ songs.