Abstract
This article entitled “The Use of Slang among American Youths as Related to The rise of Hip Hop Culture: A Sociolinguistics Analysis”. This research focuses on the types of slang commonly used by American youths and the influence of hip hop on slang use among American youths.This research belongs to descriptive qualitative research as a method. The subject of this research is rap song lyrics, utterances in slang in America YouTube video and Ellen Show: On Fleek Episode as well as the Urban Dictionary slangs. Then, the objects of this research are the use of slang. The researcher collected the data through the utterances in the rap song lyrics, movie and video, and also slangs in Urban Dictionary.The results of this analysis show that the type of slang used among American youths are divided into two types. They are based on use and word formation. Meanwhile the use of slang among American youths is related to the rise of hip hop culture influence which brought by some of rap song. The slang contained in rap song lyrics are spread easily by the massive consumption of social media and enlighten highly by the report of conventional media.
Highlights
The dynamic life of USsociety currently becomes a big hit to the changes of world trending topic
The odd terms they used as another word to express a deeper meaning related to their daily life.The writer found that there is a significant changes of language in term of its use, especially the slang words attached in hip hop song or among members of hip hop communities
This study aims to prove the types of slang commonly used among American youths and the influence of hip-hop culture to the use of slang among American youths
Summary
The dynamic life of USsociety currently becomes a big hit to the changes of world trending topic. The raising culture in U.S currently is hip hop culture that brings the fresh way for youths or people to express themselves. The odd terms they used as another word to express a deeper meaning related to their daily life.The writer found that there is a significant changes of language in term of its use, especially the slang words attached in hip hop song or among members of hip hop communities. There is a relation between the changes of slang words and youths in American daily life
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