Form, Meaning, Function of Slang in Adolescents and Its Relevance to Indonesian Language Learning at Ringinasri Bejen Karanganyar, Central Java

Abstract

This research is motivated by the extensive use of slang among adolescents in the Ringinasri Bejen Karanganyar. This study uses a qualitative descriptive, padan, and agih methods. Data were obtained using observation techniques, recording techniques, listening techniques, note-taking techniques. The primary data source in this study was a description of the analysis of adolescent slang variety in the Ringinasri Bejen Karanganyar. The secondary data of this study were literature and journals relevant to research on the variety of slang. Furthermore, the data were analyzed using the determining element sorting technique or PUP, the comparison technique (HBB technique), and direct techniques (vanished, replacement, expansion, and repetition). From the data, it was found that the data were in the form of slang words:(1) the basic word form contains five examples of words, (2) the form of affixed words contains 1 example of a word, (3) the repetition word form contains three examples of words, (4) In the form of compound words there are 1 example words, the meaning of slang words are, (1) denotative meaning there are five examples of words, (2) connotative meaning there are three examples of words, and the function of slang, namely (1) function of directive words there are five examples of words, (2) the function of the word regulation contains two examples of words, and (3) the function of the word emotive contains five examples of words.