| dc.description.abstract | This study discusses the slang words used by lesbian community in
Bondowoso. The objectives of this study are to find out the slang words and their
meanings used by lesbian community in Bondowoso and to explain the social
factors which influence the use of those slang words. To achieve the goals of this
research, Mattiello’s theory (2008) on slang from sociological point of view is
applied to analyze the data which is supported by the interview results obtained by
the researcher. Accordingly, Mattiello’s theory (2008) which describes the social
factors of using slang words are divided into two categories, those are speakeroriented properties and hearer-oriented properties. Each category has several types.
For speaker-oriented properties, there are group and subject restriction, secrecy and
privacy, informality and debasement, vulgarity and debasement, and time
restriction, ephemerality and localism. For hearer-oriented properties, there are
playfulness and humour, freshness and novelty, desire to impress and faddishness,
colour and musicality, and impertinence, offensiveness and aggressiveness.
This study applies qualitative method as an appropriate type for thisresearch
since this research tries to analyze the slang words used by lesbian community in
Bondowoso in the form of slang words. The study employs case study as the
research strategy. It is a relevant approach to apply since the research object is
lesbian community in Bondowoso which is categorized as an issue in real life
situation and raised to be examined in depth so as to be able to discover the reality
behind the phenomenon. Furthermore, the researcher conducted an observation
related to the topic determination, location, respondent identification and
instrument preparation. The researcher found out the data through semi-structured
interview. The interview results were then transcribed without any reduction and
addition. Since the interview results are in Indonesian because the respondents are members of the lesbian community in Bondowoso, the researcher translated the
interview results into English. Afterwards, the slang words and their meaning found
in the interview results were firstly conformed using Oxford Dictionary, Kamus
Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI), and www.urbandictionary.com. The slang words
were then presented in a table. Subsequently, the researcher analyzed the social
factors which influence the use of slang words used by lesbian community in
Bondowoso using Mattiello’s theory (2008) and considered the reasons of using
slang words given by the respondents in the interview results.
The result of this study reveals that there are 27 slang words found in lesbian
community in Bondowoso. Each slang word has its own meaning which is obtained
through the interview results. Besides, there is a reason of using each slang word
based on the respondents. There are solidarity, prestige, secrecy and social
recognition as the reasons of using the slang words. Most of the slang words found
in lesbian community in Bondowoso have social recognition as the reason based on
the respondents followed by solidarity, prestige, and secrecy. Social recognition is
exposed as the most dominantly used reason by members of the lesbian community
in Bondowoso in the use of slang words, meaning that they aim to make their
identity socially recognized by other lesbians. On the other hand, there are only two
types of speaker-oriented properties category found as the social factors, those are
group and subject restriction and informality and debasement. Most of the slang
words have group and subject restriction as the social factors for speaker-oriented
properties which shows that almost all slang words used by members of the lesbian
community in Bondowoso are restricted to use. This relates to their community
which is included as a closed community in society. In addition, there are only three
types of hearer-oriented properties found as the social factors, those are playfulness
and humour, freshness and novelty, and desire to impress and faddishness. With
almost half of all slang words having freshness and novelty as the social factors for
hearer-oriented properties, it shows that the hearer of the slang words considered
that the slang words used sound fresh and novelt. | en_US |
