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formation processes. In addition, it aimed to analyze the communicative functions of slang in Freedom Writers movie
3.2 Research Subjects
The subjects of the research were actors and actresses in the Freedom Writers movie. Since the study was dealing with the meaning formation of slang,
the object of the study focused on the slang spoken by the actors and the actresses in the movie. Slangs which have been found from the conversations were
organized into two categories: word level and phrase level.
3.3 Instrument and Data Gathering Technique
In this study the writer used a document analysis technique in order to analyze the data obtained from the Freedom Writers movie. The writer used the
movie script as primary data source. A document refers to any cultural products such as hand-written documents including letters, printed documents, paintings,
photographs, charts, maps, films, videos television programs, and newspapers Harvey, 2012.
There were several instruments used in this study, the primary instruments of the study were the Freedom Writers movie script and the Freedom Writers
movie released in 2007. Both of the primary instruments were used to collect data in form of slang words and phrases. The data were obtained by watching, reading
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and carefully analyzing the slang words and phrases which found in the conversations.
In addition, there were some secondary tools were used. Those were American English dictionaries and slang dictionaries. The Oxford American
Dictionary OAD was used since it helped the writer to define the common or general meaning of words and phrases. The writer used the NTC’s Dictionary of
American Slang and Colloquial Expressions 2000 in order to define the meanings of slang words and phrases. In addition, the writer also used other
sources which provided the wide range of American slangs. Some other sources which were used to support the credibility of data analysis were the Urban
Dictionary, Alpha Dictionary, and Slangcity Dictionary. Finally, all of the primary and secondary tools were complementary used for supporting the
research findings and analysis.
3.4 Data Analysis Technique
