| dc.description.abstract | This thesis analyses what the lingo language is in semiotics field especialy
on texting and chatting room, how it becomes the favourite language in
communications among youngsters and teenagers, how it is formed, the
advantages and disadvantages.
Library research and field research are conducted in this thesis. This
research used the qualitative data. It focuses on understanding and meaning
through verbal narratives and observations rather than through numbers. It applies
observation, questionnaires and interview technique as the data collection. The
objects of this research are a hundred respodents from some faculties in
University of Jember, 47 students of Faculty of Letters, 9 students of Faculty of
Political and Social Sciences, 4 students of Faculty of Teacher Training and
Education, 10 students of Faculty of Agriculture, 4 students of Faculty of
Economic, 5 students of Faculty of Public Health and 21 students of Faculty of
Exact Sciences. The respondents are chosen randomly in order to get objective
data. Interpretative method is used to analyze the data in this thesis. Interpretative
method is the proccess by which the reseacher puts his or her own meaning on the
data he or she collected and analyzed.
The result of this thesis indicates that lingo language is one of the
language phenomena in this world and becomes the favourite one. The users of
lingo language is mostly of the youngsters and teenagers around 15 up to 27 years
old. Lingo language is used in casual context. It is shaped by convention and
made by themselves. Numbers, symbols and abbreviations are commonly used in
lingo language. Lingo language also has some advantages. The advantages are | en_US |
