Slang is th e us e o f in fo rmal wo rd s and ex pr es sio ns to des c ribe a nd obje ct or c ondition . Sla ng is voc ab ula ry that is
meant to be inte rp rete d quic kly but no t nece ss arily liter ally, as slan g wo rd s or te rm a re o ften meta pho r s or a n alle go ry.
The d efi nition o f sla ng v a ries , how eve r the ge ne rall y acc epte d d efinition is of la ng uag e wh ich is ve r y inf orm al or
much belo w the sta nda r d lev el o f e du cat ion – colloq uially k now n as str eet tal k.
Many te rm s sta rt a s sl ang , a nd b ec ome ado pted as sta nda rd langu ag e. Simil arly th e, the p re cis e meanin gs o f sl ang te rms
va ries th ro ug h the a ge s. B ec au se th e ter m slang als o en com pa ss es voc ab ular y not in ge ne ral u se , man y dia lectal wor ds m ay al so b e
con side r ed slan g. The w riter c ho os e sla ng u se d in Hello Maga zine , bec au se
in this maga zine alway s fin d sla ng lan g uag e, e sp ecially is su ed in Octob er 20 05, the re wa s te en age sl ang d ictiona ry.
1. 2. Sc ope of the A nalysi s
To limit the an alysi s, th e w rite r limits th e sco pe o f th e analy sis onl y o n a naly zing sla ng f o und i n h ello ma ga zine s
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is sue d on Octo be r 200 5 , not an aly zing sla ng lan gua ge in gen er al.
1. 3. Proble m of t he A nal ysis
Pro blem s th at the write r w ould lik e to a nalyz e ar e ; 1. Wh at is slan g?
2. U sa ge or ab u sag e th e slan g?
1. 4. Obj ecti ve of t he A nalysis
1. To en rich th e b asic knowl ed ge o f the r ead er ab out sla ng , esp eci ally sl ang dictio na ry on Hello m a gazin e.
2. T o remin d th e re ad er that, Sla ng ua ge i s v e ry i nter estin g to lear n.
3. Then , th e w riter als o h ope s th at this t hesi s c an be e ff ectiv e tool to in fo rm peo ple es pe cially fo r e ve ryo ne who wa nts to
know mo re ab out slan g.
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1. 5. Si gnifi canc e of t he A nal ysis
Signific an ce of Th e An alysi s is to give mor e un de r stan din g abo ut sl ang . T his an alysi s i s ju st r ef er en ce. By stu dy thi s
analy sis , the write r ho pe that the r ea d er will get an ad ditional knowle dg e ab out slan g. Thi s an alysi s c an help th e re ad er s stud y
how id entif y and to us e slan gua ge a nd t o k now t he vo cab ula ry of slan g wo rd s on hello m ag azin e.
1. 6. Me thod of t he A nal ysis
Method o f th e an alysi s in this th esis b y taking data fr om boo k, m ag azin e, and inte rn et r es ea rc h.
1. 7. R evi ew of Relate d Lit er ature
I n s u p p or t i n g t h e da t a of a na l ys i s , t h e wr i t er g et s s e v er a l b o o k s t ha t c o nt a i ni n g s o m e i nf or m a t i o n r e l a t e d t o t h e s u b j e c t . S o m e o f t h e m
c a n b e m e nt i o n e d a s f o l l o w s . 1.
S l a n g di c t i o na r y T hi s d i c t i o na r y c o nt a i ns a b ou t s l a n g l a n gu a g e. I t s h e l p s l ea r n er s t o
u n d er s t a n d t h e s l a n g l a n g u a g e
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2. H e l l o M a ga z i n e
T hi s ma ga z i n e a l wa ys u s es s l a n g l a n g u a g e i n wr i t i n g t h e i r m a ga z i n e s . T hi s ma ga z i n e a l s o ex p l a i ns a b ou t t e e na g er l i f e s t y l e.
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CHAPTER II
RESEARCH METHOD
2. 1. Me thod of St udy
