ANALYSIS OF REGISTER USED IN OJOL COMMUNITY OF SOCIAL MEDIA GOJEK

Abstract

Register variation is commonly used to by diversity of language speakers for specific communication in a particular of context situation. It is used to describing a thing or situation for making it clearly and easier understanding by people. The objectives of the study are to find out types of register used and to investigatethe functions of the register used in ojol community of social media gojek. The writer uses descriptive qualitative in doing this research. Qualitative research and descriptive research are sometimes used interchangeably a distinction can be made between the two. One fundamental characteristic of both types of research is that they involve naturalistic data. That is, they attempt to study language learning and teaching in their naturally occurring settings without any intervention or manipulation of variables. The findings show that the most dominant register is the consultative register as amount of 3 times. The purpose of this consultative register is to explain the important thing that the speaker wants to say. Many of people still do not know how to use register well. They feel doubtful to use the right sentences. They are afraid to use such words. However, the experiment of using register will help us to know how to use register well.