AN ANALYSIS OF REGISTER USED BY COMMENTATOR OF MOTOGP PROGRAM ON TRANS7 TV
AN ANALYSIS OF REGISTER USED BY COMMENTATOR OF MOTOGP
PROGRAM ON TRANS7 TV
THESIS
By:
KANTI LESTARI
UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
2012
AN ANALYSIS OF REGISTER USED BY COMMENTATOR OF MOTOGP
PROGRAM ON TRANS7 TV
THESIS
This thesis is submitted to meet one of the requirements
to achieve Sarjana Degree in English Education
By:
KANTI LESTARI
08360041
UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
2012
MOTTO AND DEDICATION
Motto:
“In life, just NEVER give up when you still have something to
give, because nothing is really ever until the moment you stop
trying.”
Dedication:
First of all I would like to thank to Allah
For his mercy and blessing
I dedicated this thesis to:
My beloved father and mother,
My brothers,
My best friends,
iii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Alhamdulillah wa syukurillah, all grateful prays to the great loving Allah
SWT, the almighty and the most merciful, for his gift to the writer in finishing the
thesis. My lord sends salutations upon Muhammad SAW and upon the family of
Muhammadiyah SAW.
The writer would like to express her deep appreciation and gratitude to
Fardini Sabilah, M.Pd and Drs. Hartono, M. Pd, her supervisor, for their patience,
willingness and invaluable guidance as well as suggestion for the completition for
this thesis.
A special thank to beloved mother (Wartiningsih), beloved father (Poniman),
my brothers (Iwan Wahyudi and Purwadi, beloved friends (Lulud, Ninik, and Yanti)
for their encouragement, love, care and pray, so that she can finish her thesis.
Finally, the writer hopes that this thesis is useful to the students of
sociolinguistics subject for deeper comprehension and the next researcher will be
better. Thank you all and God bless us.
Malang, November 2012
Kanti Lestari
iv
TABLE OF CONTENTS
APPROVAL …………………………………………………………………
LEGALIZATION …………………………………………………………..
MOTTO AND DEDICATION ……………………………………………..
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ………………………………………………..
ABSTRACT …………………………………………………………………
TABLE OF CONTENTS …………………………………………………..
i
ii
iii
iv
v
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CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Study ………………………………...
1.2 Statement of the Problems ……………………………….
1.3 Purposes of the Study …………………………………….
1.4 Scope and Limitation……………………………………..
1.5 Significance of the Study ………………………………...
1.6 Definition of the Key Term ………………………………
1
3
3
4
4
5
CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
2.1 Sociolinguistics ……………………...……………………
2.2 Language and Society……………………………………..
2.3 Varieties of Language……………………………………..
2.3.1 Slang…………………………………………………….
2.3.2 Argot ……………………………………………………
2.3.3 Cant ……………………………………………………
2.3.4 Jargon ……………………………………………………...
2.4 Word Formation Process………………………………….
2.5 MotoGP Program on Trans7 TV………………………….
2.5.1 The Program of MotoGP Program on Trans7 TV………
2.5.2 Jargon Used in Commentator of MotGP Program
on Trans7 TV …………………………………………………
CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METODOLOGY
3.1 Research Design …………………………………………..
3.2 Research Subject ………………………………….............
3.3 Research Instrument ………………………………………
3.4 Data Collection…………………………………………….
3.5 Data Analysis…………………………………..................
CHAPTER IV: FINDING AND DISCUSSION
4.1 Finding ……………………………………………………
4.1.1 The Types of Register Used By Commentator
Of MotoGP Program on Trans 7 TV…………………………..
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12
15
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4.1.2 The Most Dominant Type of Register Used
By Commentator of MotoGP Program on Trans 7 TV………
4.1.3 The Word Formation Process of Register Used
By Commentator of MotoGP Program on Trans 7 TV…………
4.1.3.1Acronym………………………………………………..
4.1.3.2 Borrowing……………………………………………...
4.1.3.3 Compounding………………………………………….
4.1.3.4 Derivation………………………………………………
4.2 Discussion………………………………………………….
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CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
5.1 Conclusion …………………………………………………
5.2 Suggestion …………………………………………………
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
APPENDIX
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Ariyanti, Yeni. 2004. The Register Used by Photography Community of
Muhammadiyah University of Malang. Unpublished Thesis. Malang:
University of Muhammadiyah Malang.
Ary, Donald. 2006. Introduction to Research in Education Seventh Edition. Canada:
Thomson Wadsworth.
Bodgan, Robert C., and Biklen, Sari Knopp. 2007. Qualitative Research for
Education: An Introduction to Theories and Methods. Boston: Pearson
Education Inc.
Cambridge University Press. 2007. Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary: Third Edition.
Italy: LegoPrint S.p.A.
Coleman, Julie. 2009. A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries. New York: Oxford
University Press Inc.
Downes, William. 2003. Language and Society: Second Edition. United Kingdom:
Cambridge University Press.
Holmes, Janet. 2001. An introduction to Sociolinguistics, Second Edition. England:
Pearson Education Limited.
http://id-id.facebook.com/DailyRatingTelevisiIndonesia, accessed: October 11, 2012.
http://motor.sportku.com/berita/profil-modifikasi/profile/5738-matteo-guerinonimasih-kurang-beruntung, accessed: January 15, 2012.
http://wenku.baidu.com/view/eefa98c2d5bbfd0a79567338.html, accessed: November
5, 2012.
http://www.dapurpacu.com/matteo-guerinoni-saya-masih-kompetitif/, accessed:
January 15, 2012.
http://www.motogp.com/en/MotoGP+Basics, accessed: January 15, 2012.
Hudson, R.A., 2001. Sociolinguistics Second Edition. New York. Cambridge
University Press.
Indriyani, Sari. 2003. A Study on Military Registers used by “ARHAUND”
community Karangploso Malang. Unpublished Thesis. Malang. University
of Muhammadiyah Malang.
Kunihiro, Tetsuya, Inoue, Tetsuya and Long, Daniel. 1998. Takesi Sibata:
Sociolinguistics in Japanese Contexts. Berlin: Mounton de Gruyter.
Marlow, Christine. 2001. Research Methods for Generalist Social Network. United
States of America: Wadworth.
Mattiello, Elisa. 2008. An Introduction to English Slang: A Description of its
Morphology, Semantics and Sociology. Italy: Polimetrica.
Nestor, Paul G, dkk. 2012. Research Method in Psychology: Investigating Human
Behavior. United States of America: Acid-Free Paper.
Norem, Josh. 2005, November. Maximum PC. Hlm. 80, accessed: January 15, 2012.
Readford, Andrew et.al. 2005. Linguistics: An Intoduction. United Kingdom:
Cambridge University Press.
Trudgil, Peter. 1983. Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Sociolinguist to Language
and Society. England: Penguin Books Ltd.
Wardaugh, Ronald. 2006. An Introduction to Sociolinguistics. New York: Blackwell
Publishing Ltd.
Yule, George. 1996. The Study of Language Second Edition. New York: Cambridge
University Press.
Yule. George. 2006. The study of Language Third Edition. New York: Cambridge
University Press.
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
Chapter I of this research presents: background of the study, statement of the
problems, purpose of the study, scope and limitation, significance of the study and
definition of the key terms. Each section is presented as follows.
1.1 Background of the Study
According to Wardaugh (2006: 13) “Sociolinguistics is concerned with
investigating the relationship between language and society with the goal of being a
better understanding of the structure of language and of how languages function in
communication”. There are many sociolinguistics components. One of them is
language variation. Language variation has several points of view such as slang,
register, argot and cant. The uses of them are influenced by contact among people in
different communities.
From the above description, every community has a different language variety
that is important to know, especially register. According to Holmes (2001: 246) the
term register as the language of groups of people with common interests or jobs, or
the language used in situation associated with such group. Holmes also stated “others
use the term with different occupational groups” (2001: 246). It also happens in
commentator of MotoGP program on Trans 7 TV. He uses motorcycle racing register
in order to make simple in their conversation.
1
In fact, there are many fields which use register in their communication
especially motorcycling racing field in the MotoGP program. It can make common
people confused. As outsiders, we sometimes make a mistake in interpreting what
people mean. It is a common thing because they have different background. Besides,
the term of register which is used by every field is usually different from that used by
other fields.
There have been some studies related to register. The first was conducted by
Indriyani (2003). In her study, she used a qualitative design. She found 59 English
registers jargons in “ARHANUD community in Karangploso Malang” and twenty
two formal registers and thirty seven informal registers. The second was conducted
by Sari (2005). She studied about the register used by the employees of shoe
company Artisan Jaya Internusa Makmur Malang. She found 142 formal registers and
4 informal registers.
Based on the above description, the writer is interested in analyzing the types
of register used by the commentator of MotoGP program on Trans7 TV. Moreover,
she wants to analyze the word formation process of register used by the commentator.
So, she intends to classify the types of register, the most dominant, and word
formation process of register used by the commentator.
This study is conducted because most people like this program, especially
teenagers and adults. Although they don’t know the types and the formation process
of each register, they still watch it. Besides, the writer often finds the commentator
uses register of motorcycle racing field such as overlap, race, overtake, etc. So, this
study is important to know more about the types, the most dominant and the word
2
formation process of register. It will minimize the mistakes and make people easy to
interact in society.
1.2 Statement of the Problems
Based on the background of the study above, the writer formulates the
problems as follows:
1. What types of register do the commentator of MotoGP program on Trans7 TV use?
2. What is the most dominant type of register used by commentator of MotoGP program
on Trans7 TV?
3. How is the formation process of register found in the commentator of MotoGP
program on Trans7 TV?
1.3 Purpose of the Study
Based on the statement of the problems above, the purposes of this study is to
provide adequate answers to the questions, they are:
1. To know types of the register used by the commentator in MotoGP program on
Trans7 TV.
2. To find the most dominant register used by the commentator of MotoGP program on
Trans7 TV.
3. To describe the formation process of register found in the commentator of MotoGP
program onTrans7 TV.
3
1.4 Scope and Limitation of the Study
The scope of this study is register. The writer will analyze the types, the most
dominant and the word of formation processes based on word formation process
theory purposed by Yule (1996). The limitation of this study is the commentator of
MotoGP program on Trans 7 TV. He was Mateo Guerinoni.
1.5 Significance of the Study
The writer expects that the result of this study will give knowledge and a clear
description to the readers about the types, the most dominant and the formation
process of register which is done by the commentator of MotoGP program on Trans7
TV. So, the reader will be easy to understand and minimize the mistakes about
register.
For students, it will be useful for learning sociolinguistic subject about
register. The students will be easy to understand register and know some examples of
register that is used by the commentator of MotoGP program on Trans7 TV.
1.6 Definition of the Key Terms
In order to understand and to avoid misunderstanding on the concepts of this
analysis, the writer gives a short explanation about the essential terms. Below is the
terms used in this study:
1. A register is the specialized vocabulary common to a particular trade, occupation,
topic or activity (Radford et.al, 2005: 256).
4
2. MotoGP is the highest level of motorcycle racing in the world. (Norem, 2010; 80).
3. Commentator is someone who describes an event on the radio or television while the
event is happening. (Cambridge University Press, 2007; 134).
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PROGRAM ON TRANS7 TV
THESIS
By:
KANTI LESTARI
UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
2012
AN ANALYSIS OF REGISTER USED BY COMMENTATOR OF MOTOGP
PROGRAM ON TRANS7 TV
THESIS
This thesis is submitted to meet one of the requirements
to achieve Sarjana Degree in English Education
By:
KANTI LESTARI
08360041
UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
2012
MOTTO AND DEDICATION
Motto:
“In life, just NEVER give up when you still have something to
give, because nothing is really ever until the moment you stop
trying.”
Dedication:
First of all I would like to thank to Allah
For his mercy and blessing
I dedicated this thesis to:
My beloved father and mother,
My brothers,
My best friends,
iii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Alhamdulillah wa syukurillah, all grateful prays to the great loving Allah
SWT, the almighty and the most merciful, for his gift to the writer in finishing the
thesis. My lord sends salutations upon Muhammad SAW and upon the family of
Muhammadiyah SAW.
The writer would like to express her deep appreciation and gratitude to
Fardini Sabilah, M.Pd and Drs. Hartono, M. Pd, her supervisor, for their patience,
willingness and invaluable guidance as well as suggestion for the completition for
this thesis.
A special thank to beloved mother (Wartiningsih), beloved father (Poniman),
my brothers (Iwan Wahyudi and Purwadi, beloved friends (Lulud, Ninik, and Yanti)
for their encouragement, love, care and pray, so that she can finish her thesis.
Finally, the writer hopes that this thesis is useful to the students of
sociolinguistics subject for deeper comprehension and the next researcher will be
better. Thank you all and God bless us.
Malang, November 2012
Kanti Lestari
iv
TABLE OF CONTENTS
APPROVAL …………………………………………………………………
LEGALIZATION …………………………………………………………..
MOTTO AND DEDICATION ……………………………………………..
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ………………………………………………..
ABSTRACT …………………………………………………………………
TABLE OF CONTENTS …………………………………………………..
i
ii
iii
iv
v
vi
CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Study ………………………………...
1.2 Statement of the Problems ……………………………….
1.3 Purposes of the Study …………………………………….
1.4 Scope and Limitation……………………………………..
1.5 Significance of the Study ………………………………...
1.6 Definition of the Key Term ………………………………
1
3
3
4
4
5
CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
2.1 Sociolinguistics ……………………...……………………
2.2 Language and Society……………………………………..
2.3 Varieties of Language……………………………………..
2.3.1 Slang…………………………………………………….
2.3.2 Argot ……………………………………………………
2.3.3 Cant ……………………………………………………
2.3.4 Jargon ……………………………………………………...
2.4 Word Formation Process………………………………….
2.5 MotoGP Program on Trans7 TV………………………….
2.5.1 The Program of MotoGP Program on Trans7 TV………
2.5.2 Jargon Used in Commentator of MotGP Program
on Trans7 TV …………………………………………………
CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METODOLOGY
3.1 Research Design …………………………………………..
3.2 Research Subject ………………………………….............
3.3 Research Instrument ………………………………………
3.4 Data Collection…………………………………………….
3.5 Data Analysis…………………………………..................
CHAPTER IV: FINDING AND DISCUSSION
4.1 Finding ……………………………………………………
4.1.1 The Types of Register Used By Commentator
Of MotoGP Program on Trans 7 TV…………………………..
6
7
7
8
9
9
10
12
15
15
17
17
18
18
19
19
21
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4.1.2 The Most Dominant Type of Register Used
By Commentator of MotoGP Program on Trans 7 TV………
4.1.3 The Word Formation Process of Register Used
By Commentator of MotoGP Program on Trans 7 TV…………
4.1.3.1Acronym………………………………………………..
4.1.3.2 Borrowing……………………………………………...
4.1.3.3 Compounding………………………………………….
4.1.3.4 Derivation………………………………………………
4.2 Discussion………………………………………………….
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24
26
27
CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
5.1 Conclusion …………………………………………………
5.2 Suggestion …………………………………………………
29
30
BIBLIOGRAPHY
APPENDIX
23
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Ariyanti, Yeni. 2004. The Register Used by Photography Community of
Muhammadiyah University of Malang. Unpublished Thesis. Malang:
University of Muhammadiyah Malang.
Ary, Donald. 2006. Introduction to Research in Education Seventh Edition. Canada:
Thomson Wadsworth.
Bodgan, Robert C., and Biklen, Sari Knopp. 2007. Qualitative Research for
Education: An Introduction to Theories and Methods. Boston: Pearson
Education Inc.
Cambridge University Press. 2007. Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary: Third Edition.
Italy: LegoPrint S.p.A.
Coleman, Julie. 2009. A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries. New York: Oxford
University Press Inc.
Downes, William. 2003. Language and Society: Second Edition. United Kingdom:
Cambridge University Press.
Holmes, Janet. 2001. An introduction to Sociolinguistics, Second Edition. England:
Pearson Education Limited.
http://id-id.facebook.com/DailyRatingTelevisiIndonesia, accessed: October 11, 2012.
http://motor.sportku.com/berita/profil-modifikasi/profile/5738-matteo-guerinonimasih-kurang-beruntung, accessed: January 15, 2012.
http://wenku.baidu.com/view/eefa98c2d5bbfd0a79567338.html, accessed: November
5, 2012.
http://www.dapurpacu.com/matteo-guerinoni-saya-masih-kompetitif/, accessed:
January 15, 2012.
http://www.motogp.com/en/MotoGP+Basics, accessed: January 15, 2012.
Hudson, R.A., 2001. Sociolinguistics Second Edition. New York. Cambridge
University Press.
Indriyani, Sari. 2003. A Study on Military Registers used by “ARHAUND”
community Karangploso Malang. Unpublished Thesis. Malang. University
of Muhammadiyah Malang.
Kunihiro, Tetsuya, Inoue, Tetsuya and Long, Daniel. 1998. Takesi Sibata:
Sociolinguistics in Japanese Contexts. Berlin: Mounton de Gruyter.
Marlow, Christine. 2001. Research Methods for Generalist Social Network. United
States of America: Wadworth.
Mattiello, Elisa. 2008. An Introduction to English Slang: A Description of its
Morphology, Semantics and Sociology. Italy: Polimetrica.
Nestor, Paul G, dkk. 2012. Research Method in Psychology: Investigating Human
Behavior. United States of America: Acid-Free Paper.
Norem, Josh. 2005, November. Maximum PC. Hlm. 80, accessed: January 15, 2012.
Readford, Andrew et.al. 2005. Linguistics: An Intoduction. United Kingdom:
Cambridge University Press.
Trudgil, Peter. 1983. Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Sociolinguist to Language
and Society. England: Penguin Books Ltd.
Wardaugh, Ronald. 2006. An Introduction to Sociolinguistics. New York: Blackwell
Publishing Ltd.
Yule, George. 1996. The Study of Language Second Edition. New York: Cambridge
University Press.
Yule. George. 2006. The study of Language Third Edition. New York: Cambridge
University Press.
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
Chapter I of this research presents: background of the study, statement of the
problems, purpose of the study, scope and limitation, significance of the study and
definition of the key terms. Each section is presented as follows.
1.1 Background of the Study
According to Wardaugh (2006: 13) “Sociolinguistics is concerned with
investigating the relationship between language and society with the goal of being a
better understanding of the structure of language and of how languages function in
communication”. There are many sociolinguistics components. One of them is
language variation. Language variation has several points of view such as slang,
register, argot and cant. The uses of them are influenced by contact among people in
different communities.
From the above description, every community has a different language variety
that is important to know, especially register. According to Holmes (2001: 246) the
term register as the language of groups of people with common interests or jobs, or
the language used in situation associated with such group. Holmes also stated “others
use the term with different occupational groups” (2001: 246). It also happens in
commentator of MotoGP program on Trans 7 TV. He uses motorcycle racing register
in order to make simple in their conversation.
1
In fact, there are many fields which use register in their communication
especially motorcycling racing field in the MotoGP program. It can make common
people confused. As outsiders, we sometimes make a mistake in interpreting what
people mean. It is a common thing because they have different background. Besides,
the term of register which is used by every field is usually different from that used by
other fields.
There have been some studies related to register. The first was conducted by
Indriyani (2003). In her study, she used a qualitative design. She found 59 English
registers jargons in “ARHANUD community in Karangploso Malang” and twenty
two formal registers and thirty seven informal registers. The second was conducted
by Sari (2005). She studied about the register used by the employees of shoe
company Artisan Jaya Internusa Makmur Malang. She found 142 formal registers and
4 informal registers.
Based on the above description, the writer is interested in analyzing the types
of register used by the commentator of MotoGP program on Trans7 TV. Moreover,
she wants to analyze the word formation process of register used by the commentator.
So, she intends to classify the types of register, the most dominant, and word
formation process of register used by the commentator.
This study is conducted because most people like this program, especially
teenagers and adults. Although they don’t know the types and the formation process
of each register, they still watch it. Besides, the writer often finds the commentator
uses register of motorcycle racing field such as overlap, race, overtake, etc. So, this
study is important to know more about the types, the most dominant and the word
2
formation process of register. It will minimize the mistakes and make people easy to
interact in society.
1.2 Statement of the Problems
Based on the background of the study above, the writer formulates the
problems as follows:
1. What types of register do the commentator of MotoGP program on Trans7 TV use?
2. What is the most dominant type of register used by commentator of MotoGP program
on Trans7 TV?
3. How is the formation process of register found in the commentator of MotoGP
program on Trans7 TV?
1.3 Purpose of the Study
Based on the statement of the problems above, the purposes of this study is to
provide adequate answers to the questions, they are:
1. To know types of the register used by the commentator in MotoGP program on
Trans7 TV.
2. To find the most dominant register used by the commentator of MotoGP program on
Trans7 TV.
3. To describe the formation process of register found in the commentator of MotoGP
program onTrans7 TV.
3
1.4 Scope and Limitation of the Study
The scope of this study is register. The writer will analyze the types, the most
dominant and the word of formation processes based on word formation process
theory purposed by Yule (1996). The limitation of this study is the commentator of
MotoGP program on Trans 7 TV. He was Mateo Guerinoni.
1.5 Significance of the Study
The writer expects that the result of this study will give knowledge and a clear
description to the readers about the types, the most dominant and the formation
process of register which is done by the commentator of MotoGP program on Trans7
TV. So, the reader will be easy to understand and minimize the mistakes about
register.
For students, it will be useful for learning sociolinguistic subject about
register. The students will be easy to understand register and know some examples of
register that is used by the commentator of MotoGP program on Trans7 TV.
1.6 Definition of the Key Terms
In order to understand and to avoid misunderstanding on the concepts of this
analysis, the writer gives a short explanation about the essential terms. Below is the
terms used in this study:
1. A register is the specialized vocabulary common to a particular trade, occupation,
topic or activity (Radford et.al, 2005: 256).
4
2. MotoGP is the highest level of motorcycle racing in the world. (Norem, 2010; 80).
3. Commentator is someone who describes an event on the radio or television while the
event is happening. (Cambridge University Press, 2007; 134).
5