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Senin, 24 Maret 2008

THE ANALYSIS OF LANGUAGE VARIETIES ON THE BLACK EYED PEAS SONGS

By
Wahyu Sri Rejeki
02004226


ABSTRACT


The research entitled “The Analysis of Language Varieties on the Black Eyed Peas songs” is intended to identify and find kinds of language varieties and tries to find the most dominant language variety usage employed on the both of the Black Eyed Peas albums “ Elephunk” and Monkey Business” which consist of 26 songs.

The researcher collects the data from both albums of the Black Eyed Peas songs “Elephunk” and Monkey Business”. The researcher uses the noting technique by taking a note in collecting the data; the researcher applies the descriptive method to describe and to analyze all the data, because the data of this research are in the form of words. It is analyzed by identifying, analyzing, and categorizing the data. The researcher also notes the frequency of the number of the kinds of language varieties and the most dominant language variety.

Based on the result of research, there are four language varieties found inn the Black Eyed Peas Songs “Elephunk (2003) and Monkey Business”. They are Register, Vulgar, Slang, and Casual Style. There are 566 words of register (52. 65%), 303 words of slang (28. 18%), 95 vulgar words (8. 84%), and 111 words of casual style (10. 33%). Based on the percentage of the research findings, the most dominant language variety used is register.




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