Abstract
Slang is an important feature in American culture. It is more effective than standard or conventional English, so I interested to discuss and classify of slang words in the movie of “The Blind Side”. The purpose of this research is to classify slang words in The Blind Side movie based on the characteristic on Andersson and Trudgill theory. This research used the descriptive qualitative method. The data source of this research is taken from the movie script of the movie of “The Blind Side” cited from IMDB. Based on the research result, there are 8 slang words or phrases in the movie of “The Blind Side”, the slang is divided into four categories: (1) 2 slang words or phrases as the neutral syntactic level; (2) 4 slang words or phrases as typical informal situations and (3) 2 slang words or phrases as creative.
Highlights
INTRODUCTIONIt’s developing and changing along the time. In line with the development, slang develops
Language is dynamic, it’s developing and changing along the time
The word slang is supposed to be derived from the word slanguage in England (18th Century) and was originally used to describe the vulgar language spoken by certain subcultures, e.g. soldiers or musiciansslang
Summary
It’s developing and changing along the time. In line with the development, slang develops. The slang exact origin is not known, possibly it is as old as language. Slang is considered as a unique language. According to Veronica Burdová (2009: 8), slang is considered as an independent non-literary language formation existing in a language and closely connected with its terminology. The word slang is supposed to be derived from the word slanguage in England (18th Century) and was originally used to describe the vulgar language spoken by certain subcultures, e.g. soldiers or musiciansslang. Slang words and expressions are identified by a high degree of informality, familiarity, and vocabulary richness. They are realized by a specific group of people whose members are connected by some particular link such as territory
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