Accepted by The Board of Examiners in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Diloma III D-III of English Study Program, Faculty of Culture Studies, University
of Sumatra Utara.
The examination is held on 4
th
July 2014
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Name : WIDORO PARDOSI
Title of paper : THE DESCRIPTION OF ALAY LANGUAGE
FOUND IN TWITTER Qualification
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ABSTRACT
The paper entitled “The Description of
Alay
Language Found in Twitter” discusses about
Alay
language in Twitter. The Objectives of the study are to find the characteristic of
Alay
language in twitter status, to discribe the meaning of vocabulary use
Alay
language characteristic found in twitter, to find the dominant characteristic of
Alay
language used in twitter status, and to describe the reasons of people use
Alay
language. This study were conducted by using descriptive qualitative method. The data were collected from the twitter status in two separate
weeks. The data was analyzed by the characteristic of the newest
Alay
language. The findings found that there are five characteristics of
Alay
language that are usually used in the status and they are unusual acronym found in 5 status 9,88,
put additional letter found in 10 status 22,08, put capital letters among the letters in a word found in 2 status 3,76,
Alay
terms found in 19 status 38,45, replace letter with number found in 5 status 9,88. Sometimes the
twitter user combine the style and the percentation of the status with the style combination is 16 8 status. Using Alay
term
is dominantly used. There were found 138 vocabulary use
Alay
language characteristic found in twitter. There are five reasons of people for using
Alay
language, namely personal or habitual attraction, social attraction, media attraction, trend attraction, and self-identity
attraction.
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ABSTRAK
Kertas karya yang berjudul “The Description of Alay Language Found in Twitter” ini membahas tentang bahasa Alay yang ditemukan pada status di twitter.Tujuan
dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui karakteristik bahasa Alay dalam Twitter, untuk mengetahui makna dari kosa kata bahasa Alay yang digunakan di
twitter, untuk menemukan karakteristik mana yang paling dominan digunakan pengguna bahasa Alay di twitter, dan untuk mendeskripsikan alasan orang
mengunakan bahasa Alay. Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan menggunakan metode deskriptif kualitatif. Data yang dikumpulkan dari status twitter dalam waktu dua
minggu yang terpisah. Temuan menemukan bahwa ada Lima jenis bahasa Alay yang biasanya digunakan dalam status mereka yaitu, penggunaan singkatan kata 5
status 9,88, memasukan huruf tambahan 10 status 22,08, menempatkan huruf kapital diantara huruf dalam kata 2 status 3,76, istilah Alay 19 status
38,45, menggantikan huruf dengan angka 5 status 9,88. Terkadang pengguna twitter menggabungkan gaya dan presentasi status mereka. Dan terdapat
8 status 16 yang mengkombinasikan gaya tulisan di status mereka. Ada ditemukan 138 kosa kata bahasa Alay yang digunakan di twitter. Ada lima alasan
orang untuk menggunakan bahasa Alay yaitu dikarenakan faktor kebiasaan, pengaruh dari perkembangan sosial, pengaruh dari perkembangan media, bahasa
gaul yang lagi trend saat ini, dan dikarenakan bahasa Alay identik dengan bahasa anakmuda.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The first of all, I would like to thank to the Almighty Jesus Christ, my savior for giving me His blessing, giving me so many grace, health, strength, and
passion as long as doing this paper. In this opportunity, I also would like to express my gratitude and
appreciation to the dean of faculty of culture study Dr. Syahron Lubis, M.A, the head of English Study Program Dr. Matius C.A. Sembiring,M.A who has paid
attention, guided, and supported me in finishing this paper. Then, I would like to
thank to Dr.Masdiana Lubis, M.Hum as my supervisor who has given advice,
suggestion, guidance and help in writing this paper. I Would like to dedicate a
deep gratitude to the reader of my paper Drs. Umar Mono, Dipl. Tran., MHum,
thank you for the valuable time in reading and giving the correction and constructive critics in completing this paper.
Furthermore, I would like to express my great regard to all my beloved
people in my life. Thanks for my beloved parents, my father +Jasmin Pardosi and my mother Artauli Napitupulu for your love to me since I was a child until
this time. Thanks for supporting me as long as I am doing this paper. May God
always be with you. To my brother WendroPak Iyel and Roi, my sister Maya and Dipah, thank you for praying and disturbing me.
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ish Study Program, SOLIDAS”11, My Senior and Junior. Thank you for the loves, supports, and jokes. Thanks to all The
Servant of God, PS.Eukharista NHKBP Maranatha, Crescendo Studio Choir, for your spirit to serve in our lovely choir. Thanks to UKM KMK USU UP FIB,
the place I find my self character, vision in my live and become a leader. For my
small group Fitriani, Fitri Yanti, Getha, Gomgom, Josia, and Yovi, thanks for
your support, for the pray, the smile, and all times together grow in small group Keep in faith. My lecturers in English Study Program, thank you for the
knowledge, advices and pointers.
Thanks to all people who become my motivation the special thanks to An‟t, sorry I can‟t spell your name one by one. I just want to say God bless you.
Medan,……. July 2014 The Writer,
WIDORO PARDOSI
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
AUTHOR’S DECLARATION…………………………………………... i COPYRIGHT DECLARATION………………………………………… ii
ABSTRACT ………………………………………………………………. iii ABSTRAK………………………………………………………………… iv
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ………………………………………………... v
TABLE OF CONTENT …………………………………………………... vii
1. INTRODUCTION I.1 Background of The Study
…………..……………………………….. 1 I.2 Problem of The Study
…………………..…………………………… 5 I.3 Scope of The Study
………………………..………………………… 6 I.4 Purpose of The Study
………………………..………………………. 6 I.5 Reason for Choosing the Topic
……………….…………………….. 6
2. THE REVIEWS OF RELATED LITERATURE 2.1 Language
…………………………………………………………..… 8 2.2 Relevant Study
…………………………………………………….… 21
3. METHODOLOGY 3.1 Research Method
……………………………………………………. 24 3.2 Data and Data Source
……………………………………………….. 24 3.3 Data Collecting Data Method
…………,,…………………………… 25 3.4 Data Analyzing Method
………………..……………………………. 26
4. ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS 4.1 Analysis
……………………………………………………………... 27 4.2 Findings
……………………………………………………………... 44 5. CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
4.1 Conclusions………………………………………………………….. 54 4.2 Suggestions…………………………………………………………. 55
REFERENCES ………………………………………………….……….. 56
APPENDIX …………………………………………….…………………. 58
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ABSTRACT
The paper entitled “The Description of
Alay
Language Found in Twitter” discusses about
Alay
language in Twitter. The Objectives of the study are to find the characteristic of
Alay
language in twitter status, to discribe the meaning of vocabulary use
Alay
language characteristic found in twitter, to find the dominant characteristic of
Alay
language used in twitter status, and to describe the reasons of people use
Alay
language. This study were conducted by using descriptive qualitative method. The data were collected from the twitter status in two separate
weeks. The data was analyzed by the characteristic of the newest
Alay
language. The findings found that there are five characteristics of
Alay
language that are usually used in the status and they are unusual acronym found in 5 status 9,88,
put additional letter found in 10 status 22,08, put capital letters among the letters in a word found in 2 status 3,76,
Alay
terms found in 19 status 38,45, replace letter with number found in 5 status 9,88. Sometimes the
twitter user combine the style and the percentation of the status with the style combination is 16 8 status. Using Alay
term
is dominantly used. There were found 138 vocabulary use
Alay
language characteristic found in twitter. There are five reasons of people for using
Alay
language, namely personal or habitual attraction, social attraction, media attraction, trend attraction, and self-identity
attraction.
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ABSTRAK
Kertas karya yang berjudul “The Description of Alay Language Found in Twitter” ini membahas tentang bahasa Alay yang ditemukan pada status di twitter.Tujuan
dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui karakteristik bahasa Alay dalam Twitter, untuk mengetahui makna dari kosa kata bahasa Alay yang digunakan di
twitter, untuk menemukan karakteristik mana yang paling dominan digunakan pengguna bahasa Alay di twitter, dan untuk mendeskripsikan alasan orang
mengunakan bahasa Alay. Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan menggunakan metode deskriptif kualitatif. Data yang dikumpulkan dari status twitter dalam waktu dua
minggu yang terpisah. Temuan menemukan bahwa ada Lima jenis bahasa Alay yang biasanya digunakan dalam status mereka yaitu, penggunaan singkatan kata 5
status 9,88, memasukan huruf tambahan 10 status 22,08, menempatkan huruf kapital diantara huruf dalam kata 2 status 3,76, istilah Alay 19 status
38,45, menggantikan huruf dengan angka 5 status 9,88. Terkadang pengguna twitter menggabungkan gaya dan presentasi status mereka. Dan terdapat
8 status 16 yang mengkombinasikan gaya tulisan di status mereka. Ada ditemukan 138 kosa kata bahasa Alay yang digunakan di twitter. Ada lima alasan
orang untuk menggunakan bahasa Alay yaitu dikarenakan faktor kebiasaan, pengaruh dari perkembangan sosial, pengaruh dari perkembangan media, bahasa
gaul yang lagi trend saat ini, dan dikarenakan bahasa Alay identik dengan bahasa anakmuda.
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1. INTRODUCTION
