THE ANALYSIS OF LAW JARGON USED IN JHON GRISHAM’S "THE CHAMBER"

ABSTRACT

The research entitled “The analysis of law jargon used in Jhon Grisham’s The Chamber is intended to describe the forms of law jargon, the meaning of law jargon and the function of law Jargon.

The research belongs to a descriptive research. The use of a qualitative research is suitable because this research creates an analysis procedure and does not use any statistical procedure. The data of this research are word, phrase and acronym containing Jargons which are used by novel The Chamber. In collecting the data, the writer uses noting technique. In analyzing the data, the writer writes and reads novel The Chamber written by Jhon Grisham. Then the data are analyzed by using qualitative data analyzing technique based on the forms, the meanings and the functions of law jargon.

The result of this research shows there are three forms of law jargon namely word, phrase and acronym. The forms of jargon mostly used in law are words that have the highest frequency of occurrence that is 51.9% of the total data and then acronym forms have the lowest frequency of occurrence that is 9.6%. All of law jargons have denotative meaning. It is shown by the meaning of every law jargon that has a logic relation toward the meaning in the dictionary. Law jargon in the novel The Chamber has three functions, namely (1) to express concisely, (2) to signal membership, (3) to make easier communication.

A STUDY OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN “ROMEO AND JULIET” MOVIE REDIRECTED BY BAZ LUHRMANN

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This thesis entitled “A Study of Figurative Language in Romeo and Juliet Movie Redirected by Baz Luhrmann” aims to find out the kinds of figurative language and linguistic features used in figurative expressions.

This thesis belongs to qualitative research since it does not apply any statistical procedure. The object of this research is figurative language used in Romeo and Juliet Movie. The techniques of collecting the data are watching, reading and taking notes. Then the data are analyzed based on the kinds of figurative language and the linguistic features in figurative expressions.

The result shows that the figures of speech found in this research are metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole, and understatement. The figurative language is found in form of phrase, clause and sentence.

THE TERMS OF ADDRESS USED BY THE CHARACTERS IN JANE AUSTANE’S PRIDE AND PREJUDICE: A SOCIOLINGUISTIC STUDY

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In the analysis, the researcher analyzes the terms of address that are used by the characters in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. In this thesis the researcher explains the form of the terms of address, distribution of the form of the terms of address in syntactic construction, the influences of the use and the function of the terms of address that are used by the characters in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.

To make the analysis easy, this thesis has sources of data, including main and supporting data. Main data are taken from novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. In collecting the main data, the writer reads some materials and observes the novel Pride and Prejudice carefully and critically, and then the data are written in the data cards. The supporting data are the data that are related to support the main data. The supporting data are taken from some books, articles and internet that study about address terms to help the writer to interpret the novel Pride and Prejudice easier.. The researcher takes some theories from sources such as books, internet sites, or articles.

This thesis is qualitative research. In the analysis, the researcher uses observation method, because all data are taken from the dialogue from the novel itself. In method of analyzing data, the researcher also uses qualitative method, which is descriptive method and contextual method because terms of address can be analyzed from the context of sentence. In this thesis, the researcher uses sociolinguistics approach in analyzing the subject.
Based on the findings and discussion, the results of the research can be summarized that there are four elements of the terms of address that are used by the characters in Pride and Prejudice. In the form of address, there is only: basic form (100%). All of the terms of address in this novel is the basic form. There are three distributions of the terms of address. The percentage of the beginning is 32,69% while the middle has 30,76% and the end of the sentence has 36,53%. There are some influences of the terms of address. There are formal situation (31,81%) and informal situation (68,18%). The percentage of informal situation is dominant than formal situation because it is used more to address among the families or close friends. Other influences of the terms of address are social status (31,81%), age (9,09%), kinship (50%0, and intimacy (9.09%). Kinship has big percentage because it is used to address among the relatives. There are the function of the terms of address: sign of respect (20,40%), sign of intimation (8,16%), sing of love (57,14%), and sing of assert (14,28%). sign of love has big percentage because in this novel, many characters among the families or close friends.