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CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
This chapter consists of two sections. The first section is research findings. It presents the word formation processes of jargon which are obtained from the
Money Ball ‟s characters. The findings are presented in a table analysis. The table
analysis consists of frequencies of word formation processes and functions of jargon. The second section contains brief explanations of the research findings. In
this section the findings are deeply discussed by presenting some examples of the data.
A. Research Findings
The findings are presented in the form of a table. The table shows the frequency and percentage of jargon‟s occurrence. In accordance with the
findings, the first objective of this research is to analyze the word formation processes of jargon. The forms of jargon are presented in the table. The
second objective is to describe the functions of sport jargon. It is also presented in the table. The following table presents the findings of the forms
and functions of the sport jargon in Miller‟s Money Ball the movie.
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Table 2. The Frequency and Percentage of Word Formation Processes and Functions of Baseball Jargon in Money Ball movie
No Word Formation
Processes Functions of Jargon
Frequency Percentage
F 1 F 2
1 Coinage
2 Borrowing
3 Compounding
25 25
32.46 4
Blending
5 Clipping and
Ellipsis 13
5 18
23.37
6 Backformation
7 Conversion
3 3
3.89
8 Acronym and
abbreviation 7
7 9.09
9 Derivation
10 10
11.68
10 Multiple
Processes 12
2 14
19.48
Total items 70
Items 7
Items 77
Items 100
90.90 9.09
Notes: F1 : To serve as a technical or specialist language for precise and economical
communication F2 : To promote in-group solidarity and to exclude out-groupers who do not
use the jargon
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Table 2 shows that there are total 77 sport jargons which were taken from the movie. It also shows the frequency and percentage of sport jargon.
According to the table, there are 10 forms of jargon. However, there are only six forms which are identified. They are compounding, clipping and ellipsis,
multiple processes, conversion, derivation and acronym and abreviation. The table also shows the frequency and percentage of jargon‟s functions.
In the word formation processes of jargon, compounding becomes the most prominent form with 32.46. It means that compounding occurs 25
times out of 77. The second prominent is clipping-ellipsis with the percentage of 23.37. Clipping and ellipsis occur 18 times in this research. The third
rank is multiple processes with 19.48 of percentage or 15 times occur in this research. The fourth is derivation with the percentage is 11.68 or 9
times out of 77. The fifth rank is acronym-abreviation with the percentage is 9.09 or 7 times out of 77. The last rank is conversion. It has percentage
3.89 with 3 items. Meanwhile, coinage, borrowing, blending and backformation are not found in the research. They do not have the number of
frequency and percentage. The table also shows that 70 items have function as technical or specialist
language for precise and economical communication. Whereas, 7 items of the data are used to promote in-group solidarity and to exclude out-groupers who
do not use the jargon. Since baseball jargons are used as technical language, the first function becomes the most prominent function in this research. The
movie‟s characters often use technical language to make an efficient
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communication, including the commentators and announcers. Sport commentators or announcers perform jargon rapidly to describe activities or
moments that happen in the game. The data which are identified as second function show the closeness, relationship and sentiment of the characters.
They use technical terms to show their solidarity rather than to exclude the out-groupers.
B. Discussion
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