Abstract:
This study discuss about Language Variation in the Startup Workers Community.
The objective of this study were to investigate (1) the type of language variation
that is found in the startup worker community in Campaign.com and to investigate
(2) the factor which influences the emergence of language variation among the
startup workers community in Campaign.com. The method of this research was
qualitative method with descriptive approach. The form of data of this reseach is
recording videos of leaning process in A Better World Academy which was
conducted by Campaign.com. The data were collected on this study by conducting
several techniques namely observation, interview, recording and note taking. The
finding of the research is the variations found on the utterence of startup workers
in Campaign.com figured on the recording videos of leaning process in A Better
World Academy. The types of language variation that found on this study were
jargon, acrolect, slang, and vulgar. Jargon is the dominant type of language
variation in startup workers of Campaign.com. The influence factor of the
language variation were occupation, education, and age. Occupation is the
dominant influence factor of the language variation.
