In this research, the writer used the data from the book A Dictionary of Cockney Rhyming Slang 2010
. The writer took some steps to analyze this case. The first step, the writer collected Cockney rhyming slang on the book A
Dictionary of Cockney Rhyming Slang 2010 . Second, the writer looked for some
further information about the meaning in the books, dictionary, and internet. The next step, the writer found the connection between the expression itself with the
background or the etymology of those expression. The last step, the writer analyze the phonological similarities between the slang and their targeted words
based on their syllable structure.
CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS
In this chapter, the writer analyzes the problems in chapter 1. In analyzing those problems, the writer focuses on each problem first so that finally
the writer can find the connections of all the problems listed in the problem formulation.
There are three problems that are going to be analyzed in this chapter. First section analyzes about cockney rhyming slang. Second section will analyzes
about the condition between the background, the expressions, and the names of celebrities used in cockney rhyming slang. The last section analyzes about the
phonological simillarities between slang words and non-slang words. The writer found seventeen cockney rhyming slang words which are
going to be analyzed. Not all of those words can be analyzed in the background analysis and phonological analysis either.
A. The Characteristics of Cockney Rhyming Slang
Cockney rhyming slang uses substitute words, usually two, as a coded alternative for another word. It uses a phrase that rhymes with a word. For
example, the cockney rhyming slang for “believe” is “Adam and Eve” as in “would you Adam and Eve it?”
According to Jenny Ashford from the article at suite101.com The genuine article. Literally, cockney rhyming slang is a type of argot that is
structured by replacing one word with two-word phrases that has the same rhymes. Usually the second word is dropped and the original word is replaced by
a word that has no same rhyme, and then people usually use the word with has no same rhyme when they‟re in conversation.
The argot is structured by replacing one word with a usually two- word phrase that rhymes with it. The second word of the phrase is
then generally dropped, so that the original word has now been replaced by a word that does not rhyme, and that on immediate
hearing has nothing to do with the original word. For example, the
word “head” is sometimes rendered as “loaf” through the intervening rhyming phrase “loaf of bread.” By the same token, an
American may be called a “Sherman” or a “septic,” through the phrases “Sherman tank” or “septic tank,” both of which rhyme with
“Yank.” http:languagestudy.suite101.comarticle.cfmorigins_and_structu
re_of_cockney_rhyming_slang Modern Cockney slang that is being developed today tends to rhyme
words with the names of celebrities or famous people, for example: a.
Britney Spears Beers
b. Harry Nash Cash
Based on the article “Languages of the World”, Asya Pereltsvaig said
that there are some typical features of Cockney accent: a.
T-glottalisation the use of the glottal stop instead of [t] and sometimes [p]
and [k] as “Hyde Park” as Hy‟ Par‟
b.
Th-fronting pronouncing θ as [f] and ð as [v], as in [f
I
n] “thin”
