AN ANALYSIS OF SLANG WORD AT TORAJANESSE TEENAGERS COMMUNITY IN MERAUKE.

Abstract

The research aims to find the types, meanings and the reasons that the teenagers of Torajanese community used in daily conversation. The research uses qualitative method to collect the data. The sample in this research are 5 the teenagers of Torajanese living in a Torajanese community. Data collection techniques use recording and note-taking instrument. The research is conducted at Torajanese ethnic environment. The result of this research show, there are 69 types of slang words found in data collection, there are 9 as fresh and creative, 6 as flippant, 8 as imitative, 5 as acronym, 17 as clipping, 2 as coinage, 5 as multiple process, 1 as blending, 3 as borrowing, 2 as compounding, 8 as back formation, 1 as conversion and 2 as derivation. The results show that clipping and back-formation the most frequently use types of slang words use by the teenagers of Torajanese community in Merauke and the research confirm that the teenagers of Torajanese community use slang words in their daily conversation. The 13 types  of slang words that found in this research, there are 1 type as to address, 2 types as humiliate, 3 types as to form and intimate atmosphere, 1 type as to express impression, 1 type as to reveal anger, and 5 types as to show intimacy. The reason to show intimacy dominate the reason for using slang words commonly used the teenagers of Torajanese community in Merauke in their daily conversation.