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a. Change the Part of Speech
Change the part of speech or conversion is the process of replacing the words
‟ lexical category. This process occurs without suffixation process. Mattiello 2008 names conversion as zero-derivation, zero-affixation, or
functional shift. Some examples of English conversions drink, love, answer, and empty. The conversion from a verb to a noun was exemplified by drink, love, and
answer words. In standard English, they can act as a verb or a noun without the addition of suffixes. Empty is one of the examples of converting an adjective to
form a verb. Conversion process in slang was also discovered by the writer in The Inbetweeners. The example of conversion was it was found in the sentence
“Ok, that‟s enough Simon. I know you‟re bullshitting me
.” uttered by Mr. Gilbert.
The writer depicted the finding of conversions in table 4.12.
Table 4.12: Conversion in English Slang
Slang Word Part of
Speech Meaning
Part of speech
Meaning
Chavvy noun
a child adjective
having a quality of an under-class
Spunk noun
cement verb
to ejaculate Bullshit
noun a lie
Verb to tell a lie
Wank verb
to masturbate noun
masturbation Ride
verb to sit on and control
a vehicle
for travelling
noun a sex partner
Pork Noun
food from meat of pig
verb to engage in sexual
intercourse
107 In The Inbetweneers, the conversion process in slang follows the nature of
standard English conversion. From the table above, the writer concluded that nouns were attained by converting the verbs, as in the wank, and ride. Conversely,
slang is also obtained by changing a noun into a verb, as exemplified by spunk, bullshit, and pork. The writer also saw that slang adjective was possible to create
by conversion process of noun into adjective. From those analyses, the writer claimed that they were in a par with Marchand 1966 and Mattiello 2008.
Marchand 1966 suggests supported idea which states, conversion can from verbs to noun and the opposite. Besides, the slang adjectives can be obtained by
converting nouns as cited by Mattiello, 2008.
b. Metaphorical Extension
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