GENDER INFLUENCE ON SLANG USED BY TEENAGERS IN THEIR DAILY CONVERSATION AT SCHOOL : A Comparative Study on Male and Female Early Teenagers in One of Islamic Boarding Schools, Lembang.

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GENDER INFLUENCE ON SLANG USED BY TEENAGERS IN THEIR DAILY CONVERSATION AT SCHOOL

(A Comparative Study on Male and Female Early Teenagers in One of Islamic Boarding Schools, Lembang)

A Research Paper

Submitted to the English Education Departement of FPBS UPI in a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Sarjana Sastra Degree

Annisa Salma 0707917

ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND ARTS EDUCATION INDONESIA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION

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GENDER INFLUENCE ON SLANG USED BY

TEENAGERS IN THEIR DAILY

CONVERSATION AT SCHOOL

(A Comparative Study on Male and Female Early Teenagers in One of Islamic Boarding Schools, Lembang)

Oleh Annisa Salma

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GENDER INFLUENCE ON SLANG USED BY TEENAGERS IN THEIR DAILY CONVERSATION AT SCHOOL

(A Comparative Study on Male and Female Early Teenagers in One of Islamic Boarding Schools, Lembang)

By: Annisa Salma

Approved by:

Main Supervisor Co-Supevisor

Dra. Sri Setyarini, M.A R. Dian Dia-an M., M. Hum

NIP 19631229 199002 2 001 NIP 19811024 200501 2 001

The Head of English Education Department Faculty of Language and Arts Education

Indonesia University of Education

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ABSTRACT

The research entitled “Gender Influence on Slang Used by Teenagers in their Daily Conversation at School” aims to investigate types of slang and gender influence on the use of slang among teenagers. Data were collected from observation, questionnaire, and interview. To analyze the data, the theories proposed by Potter (1975) and Kahn & Illson (1985) were implemented to identify the types of slang among teenagers, whereas Diekman and Eagly’s (2000) theory was applied to investigate the gender influence on the use of slang among them.

The findings show that there were 12 types of slang used by male and female teenagers, such as back, centre, clipping or shortening, blending, compounding, nonsense reduplication, acronyms, loan or borrowing, onomatopoeia, substitution, and two types of slang categorized by Willis (1964). The results of analysis also reveal that gender may affect the use of slang. It can be seen from the total number that slang used by male teenagers (54,3%) tend to be higher than females (45,7%). Therefore, it can be concluded that male teenagers use slang more than females and it can also be understood that the tendency of males to use standard language is to show their machismo.

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ABSTRAK

Penelitian berjudul "Gender Pengaruh pada Slang Digunakan oleh Remaja di Harian Percakapan mereka di Sekolah" bertujuan untuk menyelidiki jenis pengaruh bahasa gaul dan gender pada penggunaan bahasa gaul di kalangan remaja. Data diperoleh dari observasi, kuisioner, dan wawancara. Untuk menganalisis data, teori yang diusulkan oleh Potter (1975) dan Kahn & Illson (1985) digunakan untuk mengidentifikasi jenis bahasa gaul di kalangan remaja, sedangkan (2000) teori Diekman dan Eagly diaplikasikan untuk menyelidiki pengaruh gender dalam penggunaan bahasa gaul di antara mereka.

Temuan menunjukkan bahwa ada 12 jenis bahasa gaul yang digunakan oleh remaja pria dan wanita, seperti, back, centre, clipping or shortening, blending, compounding, nonsense reduplication, acronyms, loan or borrowing, onomatopoeia, substitution dan dua jenis bahasa gaul dikategorikan oleh Willis (1964). Hasil analisis juga mengungkapkan bahwa gender dapat mempengaruhi penggunaan bahasa gaul. Hal ini dapat dilihat dari jumlah total bahasa gaul yang digunakan oleh remaja laki-laki (54,3%) cenderung lebih tinggi daripada perempuan (45,7%). Oleh karena itu, dapat disimpulkan bahwa remaja laki-laki menggunakan slang lebih dari perempuan dan juga dapat dipahami bahwa kecenderungan laki-laki untuk menggunakan bahasa standar untuk menunjukkan kejantanan mereka.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

STATEMENT OF AUTHORIZATION ...i

ABSTRACT ... ii

PREFACE ... iii

ACKNOWLEDGMENT ...iv

TABLE OF CONTENTS ...vi

LIST OF TABLES_{... ix}

LIST OF APPENDICES_{... x}

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION ……….….…………...1

1.1 Background of the Study ... 1

1.2 Research Questions ... 4

1.3 Purpose of the Research ... 4

1.4 Scope of the Research ... 5

1.5 Clarification of Terms ... 5

1.7 Organization of the Paper... 7

CHAPTER II THEORETICAL FOUNDATION …………...……….……...9

2.1 Theory of Age Grading ... 9

2.2 Language and Language Variation ... 10

2.3 Slang ... 11

2.3.1 Definition of Slang ... 11

2.3.2 Function of Slang ... 12

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2.3.4 Types of Slang ... 15

2.3.5 Teenagers and Slang ... 17

2.4 Theory of Gender ... 18

2.5 Language and Gender ... 19

2.6 Previous Research ... 21

CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ………....…………..23

3.1 Purpose of the Research ... 23

3.2 Method of the Research ... 24

3.3 Data Collection... 25

3.3.1 Subject of the Research ... 25

3.3.2 Instrument of the Research ... 26

3.3.2.1 Observation ... 26

3.3.2.2 Questionnaire ... 27

3.3.2.3 Interview ... 27

3.4 Data Analysis ... 28

3.4.1 Mode of Analysis ... 28

3.4.2 Analytical Framework ... 29

CHAPTER IV FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION ……….………...… 30

4.1 The Types of Slang Performed by Male and Female Teenagers ... 30

4.1.1 Acronyms Slang ... 34

4.1.2 Loan/Borrowing Slang ... 36

4.1.3 Cockney Rhyming Slang ... 38

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4.1.5 Centre Slang ... 40

4.1.6 Clipping/shortening Slang ... 40

4.1.7 Blending ... 42

4.1.8 Compounding ... 43

4.1.9 Nonsense Reduplication ... 45

4.1.10 Onomatopoeia ... 46

4.4.11 The other types of Slang ... 46

4.4.11.1 Substitution ... 47

4.4.11.2 Slang comes or gives new meaning to a standard word... 46

4.4.11.3 New Inventions to the establish words... 46

4.2 Gender Influence on the use of Slang among Male and Female Teenagers ... 58

CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS ………...59

5.1 Conclusions ... 59

5.2 Suggestions ... 60

BIBLIOGRAPHY ... 62

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LIST OF TABLES

Table 3.1 Times and Place of Observation Table 4.1 Findings of the

Table 4.2 Distribution of Types of Slang

Table 4.3 Percentage List of the Types of Slang Table 4.4 Acronyms

Table 4.5 Loan/Borrowing Table 4.6 Back

Table 4.7 Centre

Table 4.8 Clipping/Shortening Table 4.9 Blending

Table 4.10 Compounding

Table 4.11 Nonsense Reduplication Table 4.12 Onomatopoeia

Table 4.13 Substitution

Table 4.14 Slang comes from or gives New Meaning to Standard Word Table 4.15 New Invention to the Establish Words

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LIST OF APPENDICES

Appendix I Transcript of the Observation Appendix II The List of the Questionnaire Appendix III The List of the Interview Appendix IV Table of Questionnaire Appendix V Transcript of the Interview Appendix VI Findings of the Data

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CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

The research is concerned with the types of slang and gender influence on the use of slang among teenagers. This chapter contains the background of the research, research questions, purposes of the research, scope of the research, clarification of terms, and organization of the paper.

1.1. Background of the Research

The development of technology and foreign cultures nowadays are very influential to the life of teenagers‟. With that development their attitudes, behaviors, and habits are changing not only the way they dress, but also the way they interact and communicate to another. Thus, the variety of language used by them may also change.

According to Owen (2006: 1), language can be defined as a socially acceptable code or conventional system to deliever concepts through the use of symbols and combinations of the desired symbols that are governed by the provisions. The opinion above is similar to the statement of Tarin (1989: 4) who gives two definitions of language. First, language is a systematic symbol that may

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be also as a generative system. Second, language is a set of arbitrary symbols which is expressed by the speaker (as cited in Siroj, Badrus. 2011).

Nowadays, the development of technology and foreign culture in Indonesia generates a language variation which is raised by certain community (Wartagunadharma Article, 2011:1). That variation becomes popular and spread among teenagers. It can also be understood by members of the community. It does not form a new language, but it develops into slang.

According to Ellis (2005: 53), slang is a variety of language used in certain contexts by meaning of which people express their sense of belonging to a particular group within the community which is not specific to any geographic location. Swan (1996: 22) notes that:

“slang is a word, expressions or special use of language found mainly in very informal speech, especially in the usage of particular groups of people. For

example nick „prison; whitey‟ white men”.

In Indonesia, slang has been popular since 1970 and people started to use it. This phenomenon is widely spreads among children from the transition‟s age to teenagers (Wartagunadharma Articles, 2011: 2, line 2-3). Firstly, this language variation was originally known as the “street language or language thugs” because it is usually used by gangsters as a code and only understood by their own group. In addition, this variation is also used by teenagers to follow a number of media such as from television, radio, movies, magazines, and others, or to convey something in secret without being known by their parents or teachers.

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Slang continues evolving from time to time. There are some words that has been introduced since 1970s. Those words are still often used, but not a few of them are replaced by another term to be more “funky”. Later this kind of language is popular and widely used in everyday conversation by the teenagers (Meilinawati, 2011).

Basically, there are two main concerns of teenagers those are identity and recognition (Wartagunadharma Article, 2011:2). Pronunciation and writing the language with their own style could be the formation of both concerns. Evans (1968, as cited in Berger, 1968, 8-10) states that teenagers use such inappropriate language (slang) because there is something they should hide from their parents or teachers. Furthermore, Thome (2004, cited in WKSU News, 2004: 24) says that teenagers want to introduce their independence from adults and identity with unique culture.

Based on Thongkamdee (1998: 3-4) new slang words are always invested by teenagers. Teenagers use slang in order to make sentences shorter, faster, and easier to say. Those slang expressions are used in different ways and different meanings from literal or dictionary meaning. Teenagers classify themselves by introducing their language use in order to show their group identity. Wartagunadharma (2011: 3) argues that in every countries teenagers have their own slang words.

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Teenagers who are unstable and like to imitate, are easy to catch and use slang instead of using the right and correct Indonesian. Moreover, they think that this language is “funky”. So, those who do not use this language will be considered to be outdated or obsolete. According to Owen (2004), teenagers begin to sense the words that have double meanings. They like to use metaphor, irony, and play with many words to express opinions, even their feelings. Sometimes they create the new expressions that are not standard which is then known by the term slang (Papalia: 2004).

According to Meilinawati (2011), who is a language observer in one of universities in Bandung, there are two main reasons of teenagers to use the language with its own characteristics. First, they establish themselves as a particular social group namely teenagers. Second, this is a form of resistance against the dominance of the standard language or the rules of language that has been established. It means that teenagers are creating the identity of the language they have made by themselves. Teenagers as the group of ages who are looking for their self identity have a specific style in written language on social media. There is a kind of uniformity of style that becomes their way of life (lifestyle).

Based on the above statements the use of slang is more flourishing among teenagers because they are fragile, easy to replicate and infected by something new. Moreover, it is supported by the environmental conditions that provide the

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opportunities for teenagers to obtain slang, either through internet, television, or another media.

In terms of a language variation in a particular place in a group of a society, this present study gives a contribution to sociolinguistics. It present the information of teenage language specifically teenage slang in junior high school group. Furthermore, this study identified types of slang used by male and female teenagers in one of Islamic boarding school, Lembang and also investigated gender influence on the slang performed by them.

1.2. Research Questions

Based on the above statements, there are two research questions that were investigated by the researcher as follows:

1. What types of slang are used by male and female teenagers at school area in the Islamic boarding school?

2. Does gender influence the use of slang performed by the teenagers?

1.3. Purpose of the Research

According to the above questions, the purpose of this research are to: 1. Identify the types of slang used by male and female teenagers in the

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2. Investigate gender influences on the use of slang performed by the teenagers.

1.4. Scope of the research

The research was conducted in the area of an Islamic boarding school, Lembang during learning and daily activities. It is limited to identify types of slang used by male and female early teenagers of 7th grade junior high school. Early teenagers are them who are in the earliest stage of teenagers‟ in the age of eleven, twelve, and thirteen years (Douvan and Andelson, 1979). The research also investigate gender influence on the use of slang among them. To identify the slang types it applied the theories proposed by Potter (1975) and Kahn & Illson (1985) while, to investigate gender influence it applied the theory of Diekman and Eagly (2000).

The subjects were observed to collect the data by giving a questionnaire containing questions concerning their understanding of slang. They were also interviewed which was intended to collect the depth information and direct answer of their understanding on slang that given in the questionnaire. The data of the research were compared between male and female teenagers.

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To avoid the possibility of misunderstanding to the problems investigation, some terms are clarified as follows:

1. Communication

According to Achramm (1983), the word “communication” comes from Latin word, namely communis. It means common. When people communicate with others, they try to establish “commoness” with others and try to share information, an idea, or an attitude (as cited in Hodge, 1983, p.3)

2. Slang

The slang in the present study means an informal words used by male and female teenagers in their daily conversation. There are some meanings of the term slang by experts:

a. According to Swan (1995), slang is a very informal kind of vocabulary, used mostly in speech by people who know each other well (p.534);

b. Spolsky (1998) defines slang as a special kinds of intimate or in group speech and associated with peer group and gang speech to obtain some degree of privacy and to show the solidarity among the members (p.35)

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The teenager in the present study menas an early male and female teenagers in 7th grade students in one of Islamic boarding school, Lembang. It is suggested by the expert:

a. Douvan and Andelson (1979) distinguish three stages of teenager; they are early, middle, and late. In the earliest stage include teenager in the age of eleven, twelve, and thirteen years. In the middle stage is fourteen, fifteen, and sixteen years, by late stage is seven years and over (as cited in Coleman, 1980, pp.92-93)

b. Labov (1966) said that the limitation of teenager is young children who were at up 13 years old.

1.6. Organization of the Paper

The study will be presented into five chapters: a) Chapter I Introduction

This chapter consists of the introduction of the research problem. It contains 8 issues, those are Background of the Research, Research Questions, Purposes of the Research, Scope of the Research, Research Methodology, Clarification of Terms and Organization of the Paper. b) Chapter II Theoretical Foundation

This chapter connects the problem with available theories. It contains of definitions, related theories, and opinions of the previous research.

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c) Chapter III Research Methodology

This chapter describes the process of the investigations. It contains of Reearch Design, Sample, Data Collection, and Data Analysis.

d) Chapter IV Findings and Discussions of the Research

This chapter describes the findings of the research and discussion. e) Chapter V Conclussion and Suggestion

This chapter gives the conclussion of the research and give some suggestion for further research.

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28 CHAPTER III

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

This chapter presents the methodology used in the research. It contains the purposes of the research, method of the research, data collections, and data analysis.

3.1. Purpose of the Research

Based on the background of the research and raising problems in Chapter I, the research is aimed at:

1. Identifying the types of slang used by male and female teenagers in one of Islamic Boarding School, Lembang.

2. Investigating gender influences on the use of slang performed by the teenagers.

3.2. Method of The Research

The research applied a descriptive qualitative method to analyse the data because it gives description of a problem (Vredenbregt, 1984 in TiraSyam, 2009). The aims of descriptive are to explain, classify, and analyze the data from some instruments. The qualitative method is used because it is based upon qualitative

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29 judgements instead of numerical form. (M.K.Trochim, 2006). The qualitative method is used to investigate the social phenomenon.

Alwasilah (2003: 92) states that qualitative research gives value toward descriptive data objectively. He also says that the descriptive method requires natural behavior or event to observe the subject. The research applied a qualitative method that used natural setting to describe the factual phenomenon. Thus, it investigates the data by conducting observation, questionnaires, and interviews in order to observe the use of slang among teenagers.

Furthermore, the qualitative method is also a method which applies interpretive ways by presenting the research in descriptive form. Ratna (2004: 47-48) suggests the most significant characteristics of qualitative method, as follows:

1. Concerning its main subject on meaning and message as in the basics of objects, which is cultural studies.

2. Concerning more on the process rather than the outcome of the research, thus meaning always change.

3. There is no gap between the researcher subject and the objects of the research. The researcher subject functions as the main instrument therefore there is a direct interaction between them.

4. The research design and framework are temporary, that is why the subject can be changed.

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30 In addition, Maxwell (1996: 3) states,

“Qualitative study is the activities of collecting and analyzing data, developing and modifying theory, elaborating or refocusing the research questions, and also identifying and eliminating validity threats are usually all going on more

or less simultaneously, each influencing all of the others.”

The qualitative method was employed because the data collections were mostly analyzed in the form of description and explanation. In this present research, slang and gender are the main issues to investigate. Thus, some relevant theories are needed to support and validate the researcher’s opinion. Meanwhile the tables and percentages are merely the complementary things to support the findings.

3.3. Data Collection

This part consists of the subjects of research and the instruments of the research, namely observations, questionnaire, and interview.

3.3.1. Subjects of the Research

In the present research, the researcher is interested in studying teenagers who are growing in a school environment that is restricted from the “outside” environment that introduces slang more to the teenagers. The subjects of the research were male and female early teenagers of 7th grade junior high school in

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31 one of Islamic Boarding School, Lembang. Early teenagers are those who are in the age of eleven, twelve, and thirteen years old (Douvan & Andelson, 1979). The reason in choosing the teenagers in this school as the subject of the research is because the school separates classes between male and female students. Thus, the researcher chose two classes which involved 36 students. The female class consisted of 18 students from VII D. While the male class consisted of 18 students from VII B.

This school implements Islamic modern systems that promote the learning of belief and behavior for their students. The “sparkling world” for teenagers in this school is forced to be avoided because it is incompatible with the principles taught by the school. It can be seen from the location of this school which is located in the hills area in Cibodas, Lembang and quite far from the urban atmosphere, so that the interactions with the "outside world" are difficult to be touched. In addition, a variety of media such as television and the Internet that are spread in Indonesia nowadays among teenagers, even though they are available, but they are limited in order to avoid negative things.

Furthermore, there is a restriction between male and female students that are very well preserved, so it will be a little difficult to have direct communication between males and females. Based on the problem above, the researcher is interested in investigating the phenomenon of the slang performance of male and female teenagers by identifying the types of slang and investigating the gender influence on the use of slang by them.

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32 3.3.2. Instrument of the Research

The research used three instruments, namely, observation, questionnaire, and interview.

3.3.2.1. Observation

Observation is needed to collect the data such as the slang words that are oftenly used in the teenagers’ daily conversation. It is aimed at answering the research questions through elaboration in questionnaire and interview. The observation was held in 7 days by using recording and

taking a note of the teenagers’ conversation in the Islamic boarding

school’s area, Lembang. The places of the observation were in the school areas, such as laboratorium, basketball field, cafetaria, library, class, and dormitory. The elaborations of the observation can be seen in Appendix I. The time and place of the observation are presented in the following table:

Table 3.1 Time and Place of Observation

No. Date of Observation Place of Observation 1. July, 10th 2012 Females’ Class (VII D)

2. July, 31th 2012 Females’ Dormitory (Asrama I) 3. August, 4th 2012 Males’ Class (VII B)

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33 4. August, 7th 2012 Females’ School Area

5. August, 9th 2012 Males’ Dormitory (Asrama III) 6. September, 6th 2012 Male and Females’ Cafetaria 7. September, 8th 2012 Males’ School Area

3.3.2.2. Questionnaire

According to Arikunto (2002: 126), a questionnaire is a sum of written questions which is used to obtain information from respondents. The questionnaires were given to the female teenagers on September, 11th 2012, and to the male teenagers on September, 22nd 2012 in the class during English subjects. It took about 30 minutes long for each class. The list of the questionnaire can be seen in Appendix II of this paper.

There are some advantages in using a questionnaire that is relevant to the research. First, the questionnaire can collect the data which has many components. Second, the respondents feel free to fill the questionnaire because there is no mental connection between the researcher and respondents. The last, the data are easy to analyse because of similar questions (Ali, 1993: 68).

3.3.2.3. Interview

An interview is a dialogue which is conducted by the interviewer to get information from the interviewee (Arikunto, 2002: 132). He also said

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34 that the function of interview is to cross-check the data from questionnaire and get the data that are not covered by the questionnaire.

Therefore, the research used interviews as the instrument in collecting data from the teenagers as respondents after they had answered the questionnaires completely. The interview was held on September, 11th 2012 to the female teenagers and September, 22nd 2012 to the male teenagers after they filled the questionnaires. It took about an hour for each class. The questions were conducted based on the items in the questionnaire to get clear and depth information (see Appendix III).

3.4. Data Analysis

This part consists of the mode of analysis and analytical framework.

3.4.1. Mode of Analysis

The data were analyzed by following steps. First, the data were transcribed from the results of the observations, questionnaire, and interview. Second, the data were reduced because they need to focus on the main topic. Third, the data were coded by classfying the types of slang based on theories proposed by Potter (1950) and Kahn & Illson (1985). Fourth, the data were displayed and computed by calculating the percentage. Fifth, the data were interpreted and discussing the data. Sixth, the researcher investigated whether gender may affect the use of slang by using the theory proposed by Diekman and Eagly (2000). Finally, the

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35 researcher concluded the data by relating the types of slang used by male and female teenagers to its gender influence.

In order to determine the percentage of each slang classification, the researcher needed to compute the numerical data by using a simple scaling composed by Thorsten (1992: 22).

P = F x 100% Note:

N P = Percentage

F = Frequency N = Overall Number

3.4.2. Analytical Framework

The research used the theories from Potter (1950) and Kahn & Illson (1985) to answer the first question of research, what types of slang are used by male and female teenagers in the Islamic boarding school, Lembang? The types of slang words were categorized into ten groups, namely cockney rhyming, back, centre, clipping or shortening, blending, compounding, acronyms or abbreviation, loan or borrowing slang, onomatopoeia, and nonsense reduplication.

To answer the second question, does gender influence the use of slang performed by the teenagers?, the research used the theory of Diekman and Eagly (2000) about gender stereotypes. Diekman and Eagly argued that gender stereotypes refer to stereotype images of males and females. They also assert that gender stereotypes present a conventionally simplified and standardized conception or image concerning the typical social roles of male and female, both

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36 domestically and socially. Gender stereotypes discuss characteristics, traits, and domain activities that are deemed appropriate for male and female.

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59 CHAPTER V

CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS

This chapter presents conclusion and suggestion. This part can be categorized as the last chapter. Some suggestions are offered to the next researchers who are interested in finding slang words among teenagers.

5.1. Conclusions

The research investigates slang used by the teenagers in Junior High School. The research focuses on the slang performed by male and female teenagers in their daily conversation at the school. It particularly emphasizes on the types of slang. These types of slang incorporate elaboration from Potter (1975), and Khan and Illson (1985). It also investigates the gender influence on the use of slang by the teenagers.

The research used selected sampling (purposive sampling). The sample in this research was the first year of junior high school at one of Islamic boarding schools in Lembang. This research used three methods for collecting data; observations, questionnaire, and interview. It also applied quasi-statistics to help taking conclusion from the numerical data.

The result found slang among male and female teenagers. There are twelve types of slang among them; they are back slang, centre slang, clipping or

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60 shortening, blending, compounding, nonsense reduplication, acronyms or abreviations, loan or borrowing, onomatopoeia, substitution, slang which comes from or gives new meaning to standard words and new inventions to establish words (Potter, 1975, and Kahn & Illson, 1985).

From those types of slangs, it can be seen that gender gives influence to the use of slang. It is shown by male teenagers who tend to use slang more than females. As said in the theories of Diekman and Eagly (2000), males have typical characteristics of authoritarian and socialistic behaviour while female are pious, submissive, and domesticity. It is also supported by the following theory “Men have been shown to talk more than women in some settings as in spontaneous conversation” (Soskin and John 1963).

Through the research, there are different types of slang performances between male and female teenagers, as suggested by Tannen (1990) that women and men use language differently, they are speaking different dialect, or named as genderlect. In case of that, they are early teenagers who like to create and innovate words to be performed in their daily conversations. Wylie (1965, as cited in Geber, 1968, p. 13) argues that “teenage language is not only vivid and whimsical, but also clever, highly qualified, quite sly, and lack of grammatical form.”

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61 The present research focuses on the slang used by male and female teenagers at the first year of Junior High School in their daily conversation at school. The purposes of the research are to analyze the types of slang performed by male and female teenagers of 7th grades junior high school in one of Islamic boarding school, Lembang and analyze the gender influence on the use of slang performed by the teenagers. The present research is also to discover the teenagers’ comprehension on slang.

The researcher suggests that further research may focus on the use of slang among teenagers used by different respondents, different scopes, and different time and setting because slang words will be different from one place to other places. The use of slang will be different among different users. The present research only compares the use of slang in male and female teenagers at one school in a boarding school. The researcher suggests to the next research to conduct a research on comparison of male and female teenagers in performing slang of a boarding school and states school.

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The present research focuses on the slang used by male and female teenagers at the first year of Junior High School in their daily conversation at school. The purposes of the research are to analyze the types of slang performed by male and female teenagers of 7th grades junior high school in one of Islamic boarding school, Lembang and analyze the gender influence on the use of slang performed by the teenagers. The present research is also to discover the teenagers’ comprehension on slang.

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